Dreams Some Assembly Required ... the Beginning

by Dale Bridges

Growing up in the Deep South in 1963 was tumultuous. Three young girls embark on an adventure that will take them from Birmingham to Memphis. They begin to figure life out and they get through it, becoming adults along the way.

282 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2012

About the author

Dale is a fiction writer, essayist, and freelance journalist living in Austin, Texas. His writing has been featured in more than thirty publications, including The Rumpus, The Masters Review, and Barrelhouse Magazine. For several years, he was the A&E editor at an alternative newspaper called Boulder Weekly, where he wrote an award-winning humor column. Dale has also won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his feature writing, narrative nonfiction, and cultural criticism. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize on several occasions, and his essays and short stories have been anthologized. His debut short story collection, Justice, Inc., was published by Monkey Puzzle Press in 2014. When he's not writing, he works at a used bookstore.