“Fulco is a master of pacing, and his vivid prose is a delight. We Are All Together is so much more than the sum of its parts—an appealingly soul-searching literary tale that beautifully renders its characters’ search for identity. Lovers of serious literature will be enthralled” - The Prairies Book Review
We Are All Together
ABOUT THE BOOK
It’s 1967, the Summer of Love. When twenty-one-year-old guitarist Stephen Cane’s promising band falls apart, he is forced to move back home with his Christian mother. Unwilling to give up on his rock and roll dreams, however, Stephen flees to New York so he can patch things up with his former friend and bandmate, Dylan John, a pioneer of psychedelic rock whose band is on the verge of making it big. When Dylan unexpectedly quits Red Afternoon to be a civil rights activist, Stephen is handed the opportunity of a lifetime.
Lured into the trappings and pitfalls of celebrity and confronted with a dangerous secret, Stephen spirals into self-doubt and misplaced loyalties. After witnessing a tragic event, Stephen’s music career is interrupted, while his search for himself begins. Against the backdrop of a nation in turmoil, Stephen questions his dreams, his parents’ loyalties to a bygone era, his inability to choose wisely in love, and the unfortunate legacy of racial discrimination.
We Are All Together addresses a nation struggling with its mythological past and the effects it has had on the integrity of the individual. Does the artist owe the world anything? Does the ailing world need another rock star?
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There Is No End to This Slope
John Lenza, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, hasn’t completed a novel, a play, or any other publishable work. His obsession with his part in the death of his best friend Stephanie in high school undermines his confidence and self-esteem. His struggle to reconcile his lingering guilt with the possibilities of the present sets the tone for There Is No End to This Slope.
By day, John sells textbooks to New York City schools. Like a 21st century Willy Loman, he drifts through life, letting things happen to him rather than taking charge. He finds it difficult to navigate the day-to-day while nurturing a sensitive and creative spirit. At one point John describes himself as intelligent, perhaps too intelligent to do anything. Should John be tortured by something that happened so long ago? Or is he using an old trauma to sidestep his creative responsibility and potential?
Through deeply wrought characters and scenes, There Is No End to This Slope touches on a fundamental issue that drives great artists to self-destruct. But when John has wrung all he can out of his pained self, it may be the mundane certainties of life that ultimately save him.
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Swedish Fish (a play)
In a futuristic world where people must pay in order to speak, a tramp encounters an impoverished woman on a country road and hastily spends all of his money hoping to engage in meaningful conversation with her.
Unfortunately, she doesn’t have the money that is required to speak, but the couple manages to communicate and entertain themselves, and in the end, words are not necessary to form a genuine bond.
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