Synopses & Reviews
After breaking up with her boyfriend Mickey, a young woman struggles to situate her life and her art, and reach her estranged mother. Told in a series of vignettes, Mickey is one young woman’s journey to figuring out life (or not) amidst drunken mistakes, reality TV marathons, bathroom sex, and the daydreamed titles of imaginary art installations.
Review
"Chelsea Martin's Mickey is beyond superlatives but I'll use them anyway: intelligent, hysterical, elusive, an exquisite original. If you enjoy thinking, laughing, and self-loathing, read this book." Chloe Caldwell, author of Women and I'll Tell You in Person
Review
"If you enjoy futility, sarcasm, aggravation and art, then you will most likely enjoy this book as an excellent distraction from your own self-conscious and self-sabotaging brain." Chicago Tribune
Review
"Chelsea Martin continues to prove herself the preeminent chronicler of Internet age malaise and I fucking love it. Mickey takes her provocative poetry long form, weaving the tangled tale of a breakup that shouldn't be as confusing as it is. This has replaced Anne of Green Gables as my cozy times reading. Who the fuck knows what that says about me, but it says a LOT about the power of Chelsea's writing." Lena Dunham
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"Mickey nails contemporary woes in a way that is honest and sad but more than anything hilarious." Fanzine
About the Author
Chelsea Martin is a writer and comic artist from Santa Rosa, California. Martin is the author of four books: Everything Was Fine Until Whatever (Future Tense, 2009), The Really Funny Thing About Apathy (Sunnyoutside, 2011), Kramer Sutra (Universal Error, 2012) and her small press bestseller, Even Though I Don’t Miss You (Short Flight/ Long Drive Books, 2013). Martin has published her work with numerous magazines and journals, including Buzzfeed Books, Hobart, Dark Fucking Wizard, Fanzine, and Electric Literature. She is the founder and Creative Director of Universal Error.