Cover design by Donna Cheng
“An unusual and strikingly beautiful piece of memory work.” ―John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead
"Will & I is really something. It's quiet and yet so powerful, and I was moved to tears more than once. This book made my heart beat." —Jung Yun, author of Shelter
"A fascinating, if chilling, meditation on the aftermath of trauma... A remarkable conclusion to his long calvary." ―Publishers Weekly
"A dazzling, beautiful memoir... Byars writes a quiet, thoughtful book that unfolds in acutely perceptive detail." —Boston Globe
"In frugal, lucid prose, Byars delivers a heartbreaking, heart-recalibrating story of human survival, one that when reviewing you wish you could quote it in its entirety." —Zyzzyva
"A story from the fine edge where soul and body meet, Will & I explores our common vulnerability and the tiny decisions and accidents that bloom in our lives. Clay Byars writes with gentle wisdom, great kindness, and a deep respect for simple profundity of life." —Catherine Lacey, author of Nobody is Every Missing
"Will & I is proof that there is a sideways path to honesty–not the cliché of settled honesty or sentimental ‘truth’. . . Under the veil of direct telling, the book brilliantly enacts a complex construction–reconstruction–and ultimate surrender of a self to the vagaries of existence." —Brent Hendricks, author of A Long Day at the End of the World