No Music and Other Stories
- 220 pages
- 8 hours of reading
This book has stories. The stories are about friendship. They are about turtles and beached whales and demonic GPS systems and making out . . . hard.






This book has stories. The stories are about friendship. They are about turtles and beached whales and demonic GPS systems and making out . . . hard.
This book is about a town called Sag Harbor on the east end of Long Island. This book is also about drinking, tall bros, curvy girlfriends, and driving 95 miles per hour on the way home.
This book is about Vermont, anxiety, working and marriage.
Justin Grimbol returns with a book of dialogue poems as hilarious as they are heartfelt.
This book is about Upstate New York and marriage.
Through a poignant exploration of loss, Justin Grimbol's collection of short poems reflects on the intertwined grief of losing his mother and his minivan. The sacred and profane themes of love, loneliness, death, and forgiveness unfold as Grimbol travels through small towns on the eastern seaboard, seeking redemption and the perfect cup of coffee. His journey captures the complexities of manhood and evokes a range of emotions, offering readers both laughter and introspection about their own experiences with love and loss.
The narrative follows a private investigator known as Boner, who takes on his first case involving a local misfit facing harassment from mysterious men. What begins as a simple investigation spirals into chaos filled with alcohol, flashy minivans, and unexpected dangers. Despite his inclination to abandon the job like he has done before, Boner finds himself unable to escape the gripping complexities of the case, leading to a deeper personal involvement than he anticipated.
Eddie Grimboli navigates the challenges of marriage, winter, and his own body image while grappling with the complexities of family dynamics. His unique perspective leads him to discover a peculiar magic in his surroundings, hinting at revelations about his future. This narrative embraces themes of imperfection, exploring the intersections of love, grief, and vulnerability, all while celebrating the beauty in life's messiness.
This beer soaked, degenerate coming of age story follows the day-to-day trials in the darkly hysterical world of Grimboli, a chronically unemployed nobody who moves listlessly among a group of young adults from the wrong side of the tracks to an endless litany of pathetic and crazed women, bums, drunks, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls. Littered with psychic debris, self-loathing, and everything else Grimboli can find to take his mind off his completely unfulfilling life.
The poems in this collection challenge conventions and societal norms, showcasing a bold and irreverent voice. With a focus on taboo subjects like pubic hair and stretch marks, they confront political correctness head-on. The imagery of the poems attending a banquet, behaving disruptively, symbolizes their defiance and uninvited presence in traditional literary spaces. This work invites readers to explore themes of authenticity and rebellion against societal expectations.