The Zoo, a Going employs beautiful language but does not sacrifice plot or characterization, and how the small act of a family visiting the zoo becomes a complex discussion of father-son relationships, coming of age, death, relationships, and the ineffable questions that any child growing up faces.

J. A. Tyler is the author of Inconceivable Wilson, A Man of Glass & All the Ways We Have Failed, and A Shiny, Unused Heart. He is a regular contributor to the blogs of PANK, Monkeybicycle, and Big Other, and he runs Mud Luscious Press.