Delighted to share superb writer Susan Daitch‘s advance praise for An Inventory of Benevolent Butterflies (Dzanc Books), Lance Olsen’s forthcoming novel:

“Henry Darger’s consciousness is an uncharted territory with portals to the terrifying and terrified children of his imagination. There is no better guide to this landscape than Lance Olsen’s An Inventory of Benevolent Butterflies. Olsen accesses the reclusive Darger with both sharpness and compassion, mining the artist’s memory of trauma, moving seamlessly between Darger’s last days, his life as a hospital custodian, and the hidden world of his art and prose epics, the adventures of the Vivian Girls. Darger imagined he was creating art for an audience of one. Olsen flips the switch on that inner projector and with this gorgeous narrative gives the artist’s mysterious consciousness a map and a voice.”
—Susan Daitch, author of nine books, including The Lost Civilization of Suolucidir, Siege of Comedians, and The Adjudicator

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