{"id":11246,"date":"2018-03-14T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=11246"},"modified":"2018-03-12T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:32:10","slug":"review-mapping-interior-stephen-graham-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-mapping-interior-stephen-graham-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11247\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-mapping-interior-stephen-graham-jones\/mapping\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mapping.jpg?fit=313%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"313,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mapping\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mapping.jpg?fit=313%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mapping.jpg?resize=220%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mapping.jpg?resize=220%2C350&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mapping.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 85vw, 220px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mapping-Interior-Stephen-Graham-Jones\/dp\/076539510X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1516732832&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=mapping+the+interior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mapping the Interior\u00a0<\/em>by Stephen Graham Jones<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Tor (2017)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>112 pages; $7.07 paperback; $1.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadLutzke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chad Lutzke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Jones doesn\u2019t know it yet, but we have a lot in common. When writing, we both dig deep for the little boy inside that\u2019s packed full of maybe too much emotion, then put him in a situation where maybe we could never survive ourselves; maybe we wouldn\u2019t want to even try. Then dig deeper still for all that hurt and confusion from our own lives invested in this and that, take it and use it in stories that are meant to do much more than entertain, but to touch people, make them consider. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mapping the Interior<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> does that perfectly.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This novella is a coming-of-age tale regarding a teenage boy with Native-American roots who believes he\u2019s just seen his deceased father creep from one room to the next. His imagination explores wild avenues, and the boy spends the remainder of the book putting together clues on what exactly he\u2019s seen and why, all the while keeping a watchful eye on his younger, seizure-suffering brother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who have read Stephen\u2019s Bram Stoker Award-nominated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mongrels<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will see a familiar attitude in the narrative, as they are both first-person coming-of-age tales with similarities in voice. And while Jones\u2019 prose is top notch, there are some entries that cause a bump in the flow. Overall, I think most of that has everything to do with Jones\u2019 keeping true to the voice of the young protagonist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mapping the Interior<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is dense and complex. My summarization above is a poor one when paralleled with the actual story. This is no simple ghost story written to cheaply scare, and if you read it as such then you will turn the last page feeling underwhelmed. It is a much more heartfelt, much more cerebral story that I can see going over some heads, much in the way the film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Babadook<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right now, I\u2019m very excited for a few reasons. I know Stephen Graham Jones is passionate about writing and likes to stay prolific, so there will be plenty more to come. Great! Another is, with the exception of two other books, there\u2019s a whole catalog I\u2019ve yet to read from this author. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapping the Interior\u00a0by Stephen Graham Jones Tor (2017) 112 pages; $7.07 paperback; $1.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Chad Lutzke Mr. Jones doesn\u2019t know it yet, but we have a lot in common. 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