Overview

Straight arrows and outcasts, veterans and civilians, immigrants and suburbanites-each fighting for their lives in A Day Doesn't Go By When I Don't Have Regrets. An Afghan asylum seeker craves stability in San Diego; a veteran sees compassion in the man who robs him; a retiree reflects on his life as he tries to understand his estrangement from his son; a shopkeeper stands up to the rebel commander who took his wife. J. Malcolm Garcia writes hard-boiled tales of characters living well below the radar of the people around them, but redemption might be right around the corner as long as the will to search for it still exists.

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""Deft and moving. I cannot recommend this collection highly enough."" -Andria Williams, author of The Longest Night ""A marvelous collection. Garcia is that rare writer who can focus on despair and loss and still write with beauty and wonder."" -Mark Hummel, Montana Book Award Finalist ""Clear-eyed snapshots of people from a wide range of backgrounds attempting to navigate the choppy seas of daily life. "" -Richard Lange, author of Joe Hustle and Dead Boys ""Garcia's granular, impressionistic style is somewhat reminiscent of Raymond Carver . . . he reveals the world as it is truly lived. "" -Donald Lystra, Midwest Book Award Winner ""I've not enjoyed a book so much in ages."" -Tim Pears, author of In the Place of Fallen Leaves

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J. Malcolm Garcia is the award-winning writer of several books of journalistic nonfiction, as well as the novel, Out of the Rain (2024), which was longlisted for the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. Garcia is a recipient of the Studs Terkel Prize for writing about the working classes and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism. His work has been included in Best American Travel Writing, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and Best American Essays. He lives in San Diego.

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