Sixteen Years With Calvin, by Robert Pegel

Poetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

Robert Pegel is a husband and father whose only child, his son Calvin, died in his sleep of unknown causes at age sixteen. Robert writes about the fragility of life and the search for transformation.

This chapbook will take its audience on a grief journey from shock to hope and every emotion in between. Robert hopes readers will recognize themselves in his authentic voice. Since grief is universal, the words Robert chooses will resonate no matter where one is on their grief journey. Sixteen Years With Calvin is at times heartbreaking but ultimately confronts death and attempts to transform the pain left behind in its wake. This chapbook serves as a survival guide in dealing with loss.

Robert Pegel holds a BA in English from Columbia. He is a a Best of the Net nominee. Robert has been published in North Dakota Quarterly, Door is a Jar, The Corvus Review, MockingHeart Review, Backchannels, The Honest Ulsterman, ZiN Daily and others. Robert lives in Andover, NJ with his wife, Zulma.