Ivy Field wasn’t expecting to be named Poet Laureate of the United States (or anything like that) while still a teenager, but neither did she imagine that sending her poems to the Copyright Office would get her so much attention from the federal government. Her innocent filing, however, sets in motion a series of increasingly peculiar events that put in jeopardy both her writing career and her prospects of getting into college, prompting Ivy to go looking for answers.
TAKING IVY SERIOUSLY is a quirky, edgy, funny, and always original story that offers wry, irreverent commentary on several venerable institutions. Readers of all ages will love not just Ivy but Ivy’s best friend, Andy, Ivy’s attorney, Susan Gorman, and Susan’s journalist brother, Stuart, as well. The story also features such authority figures as the Postmaster Sergeant of the United States, the Register of Copyrights, the Librarian of Congress, and Ivy’s mom.
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A Pushcart Prize nominee, Matthew David Brozik is the author of WHIMSY & SODA and co-author of GOOROO’S *PRO*-MAGNON KITCHEN and the GOVERNMENT MANUAL series. Matthew has contributed humor pieces to The New Yorker... McSweeney’s Internet Tendency... Grin & Tonic... Adult Swim online… and elsewhere. His short, quirky fiction has appeared in/at Popcorn Fiction... Sycamore Review... Grift Magazine... Redivider… Feathertale... and many other places both online and in print. Most of his best work can be read at imdb.name.
TAKING IVY SERIOUSLY is a quirky, edgy, funny, and always original story that offers wry, irreverent commentary on several venerable institutions. Readers of all ages will love not just Ivy but Ivy’s best friend, Andy, Ivy’s attorney, Susan Gorman, and Susan’s journalist brother, Stuart, as well. The story also features such authority figures as the Postmaster Sergeant of the United States, the Register of Copyrights, the Librarian of Congress, and Ivy’s mom.
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A Pushcart Prize nominee, Matthew David Brozik is the author of WHIMSY & SODA and co-author of GOOROO’S *PRO*-MAGNON KITCHEN and the GOVERNMENT MANUAL series. Matthew has contributed humor pieces to The New Yorker... McSweeney’s Internet Tendency... Grin & Tonic... Adult Swim online… and elsewhere. His short, quirky fiction has appeared in/at Popcorn Fiction... Sycamore Review... Grift Magazine... Redivider… Feathertale... and many other places both online and in print. Most of his best work can be read at imdb.name.
