Disintegration Made Plain and Easy

The author will be joined by publisher and poet Ben Niespodziany

Offering readers surreal, absurd, dreamspeak poems full of humor, autobiographical mistruths, pop culture references, and heartfelt abstractions, this debut collection is like an R-rated Shel Silverstein, complete with line art illustrations from Gautam Rangan.

“Disintegration Made Plain and Easy had me laughing and frightened and not sure which way to turn.” – Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket), author of A Series of Unfortunate Events

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi is a novelist, poet, and educator. His debut novel The Book of Kane and Margaret (FC2, 2019) was one of Jeff VanderMeer’s “favorite reads of this or any year.” Published by Piżama Press in May 2025, Disintegration Made Plain and Easy is in a second printing.

Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in Indiana Review, Booth, Bennington Review, Conduit, Fence, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press.

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