Amy Lyons is the person you want next to you at a funeral. She'll have you snort-laughing into your program, and a beat later she'll say the truest thing anyone's said all day. Seizures has the Red Sox, pastry-box televisions, a father who once stole a ham in a brown jacket, and of course, a dead mother, and somehow it's one of the most alive books you'll ever read. Lyons is funny without flinching and tender without going soft. She doesn't wallow, she doesn't preach, and she never lets you look away. Just when you think you're safe, she ambushes you, and suddenly you're crying on public transit. You'd follow her anywhere, even upside down on a rollercoaster. Especially there. This book won't cure grief or stop the shaking, but it will make you laugh, cry, and immediately call your sister.
—Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed, Fury, Mother Mother and The Drama Teacher
In Seizures, Amy Lyons intricately arranges time itself in order to illuminate the unconfined and persistent nature of devastating loss. Written with grace, heart and intelligence, this compact memoir is deeply affecting --- and far larger than it looks.
—Deirdre McNamer, author of Aviary, Red Rover, My Russian, Rima in the Weeds, and One Sweet Quarrel
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Amy Lyons writes fiction and non-fiction. Her work has appeared in the Rose Books Reader, Autofocus, Waxwing, Prime Number, BULL, No Contact, the Best Microfiction Anthology, and more. As a journalist, she’s written for LA Weekly, Backstage, The Independent, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington City Paper, and Chapter 16. She holds an MFA from Bennington and is an alum of Vermont Studio Center, Millay Colony for the Arts, Tin House, and the Community of Writers. Her work has been longlisted for the Granum Prize and nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. She lives in Nashville.