Talk a Blue Streak by Lila Matsumoto Alan Buckley James Kearns’ debut is a

James Kearns’ debut is a Chekhovian metanarrative: phenomenological

domesticated animals eyeing the wild

She finds a peace in the natural world and rejoices in those moments of ecstatic recklessness that remind us to be present

trying to come to terms with the state of oneself and the state of the world

Talk a Blue Streak by Lila Matsumoto Alan Buckley James Kearns’ debut is aPublished 21st May 2026 Talk a Blue Streak, Lila Matsumoto's third collection, is an innovative experiment in poetic memoir and story telling. With a rigorous commitment to artifice, the interlinked sequences trace the formative impressions of a childhood and teenage years spent in America encountering its language and customs: on road trips, in student dorms, with alternative music and junk food. Hugely pleasurable and often very funny, Talk a Blue