THE GREAT WRAITH FINALE (paperback)

Ami J. Sanghvi (they/them) is an Indian-American author, artist, designer, boxer, and M.F.A. in Creative Writing (CalArts ‘21). They are the Co-Founder of Gutslut Press, as well as the author of “Lipstick[less] Mania: A Ritual For No One” (Bottlecap Press, ‘22), “Into Oblivion” (Sweat-Drenched Press, ‘22), and “x( )-id </3” (Trickhouse Press, ‘22), among other books. Their work can be found in numerous places, including Peach Magazine, So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, and Inverted Syntax, with more forthcoming in Fence.

"Ami knocked it out of the park with ‘The Great Wraith Finale.’ Their writing and drawings take you for an intense ride through a world of blood and bones and relationships. This is truly a great book, and I recommend it to any horror fan."

— Santiago, author of “Mutant Desert Adventure”

"Form and performance coalesce in Ami J. Sanghvi’s latest masterpiece, ‘The Great Wraith Finale,’ satisfying my every spectral urge as an avid fan of hybrid work. Sangvhi’s ever-present formal experiments push the boundaries of language as we know it, bringing words into the realm of art with a masterful use of visual poetry and negative space. My instinct is to praise this book as a work of art, which it is." 

— nat raum, author of “specter dust,” “you stupid slut,” and “the fine line”

"Ever have one of those stress-induced, sleep paralysis nightmares where you swear you can feel buzzards picking at your liver while you watch a little shadowbox performance of all that you live for & love get twisted into some gnarled, mangled heap of kudzu & rust of your psyche that would give Hypatia & Horney the night sweats at the thought of trying to untangle that knotted mess? ‘The Great Wraith Finale’ is that, transcribed by the masterful hand of Ami J. Sanghvi. Their work here is building a little viewfinder for you to peer into the valley of Madness & Beauty, which intersect so much more often than we think. ‘The Great Wraith Finale’ is the verse of ‘The Divine Comedy’ Dante chickened out of putting in the final edit. ‘The Great Wraith Finale’ is a horrorshow built of orchid blood, dead light bulbs, and moss-drowned rhinestones. One of the most primal, original chapbooks I've read in an eternity—you won't regret this read."

— Clem Flowers, poetry editor at Blue River Review, author of “Snakeskin Stockings," “TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS,” and “Motel Neon”