Are You Hungry? is a collection of short stories, parables, noir fiction and poems.
The nineteen-piece compilation revolves around the theme of hunger, whether the hunger is literal, as in a malnourished man in Brooklyn or a homeless couple in San Francisco, or metaphorical, as in the hunger for romantic love, life experience, acceptance by family, or to garner status.
Many of the stories have karmic twists, in the vein of short story writer O. Henry.
Other pieces are gritty, terse and hyperbolic, like Raymond Chandler.
Are You Hungry? is largely set in San Francisco, New York City and Miami during the turn of this century.
The collection is a brisk and entertaining read, with literary merit and panache.
Praise for Are You Hungry? "Colagrande shows his powerful narrative range with ARE YOU HUNGRY? - a collection of stories, pulp, poems, and more. Sharply-written and hard to put down, Colagrande sets the table for readers to sample or binge on this killer collection. Don't miss it." -
Alex Segura,
USA Today-bestselling author of novels and comics: ALTER EGO, SECRET IDENTITY, DAREDEVIL, STAR WARS, SPIDER-SOCIETY and more.
"These are stories about hunger-for love, for meaning, for one more roll of the dice. Colagrande writes clean and hits hard. No fat. No lies. Just the truth about people who want too much and settle for too little. Real stories. Real hunger. Real good." -
Aurin Squire, award winning writer of television shows and plays: THIS IS US, EVIL, THE GOOD FIGHT, IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD and more.
About J.J. Colagrande J.J. Colagrande is the author of
Headz: a Trilogy,
Reduce Heat Continue To Boil and
Deco 2.0. He is also an Associate Professor at Miami-Dade College.
