Bodies and Hearts in the Face of the Monster

Lillian, the mayor of a small midwestern city, is having an affair with a man 30 years her junior. Meanwhile, her worker/poet brother, Raymond, is involved–and perhaps in love–with two women at the same time. Toni Press-Coffman’s Bodies and Hearts in the Face of the Monster responds to the insidious conjoining of voyeurism and sanctimony in contemporary public and private life.