Praise for Little Astronaut

“In her beautiful collection of essays, Little Astronaut, Maryann Aita pulls everything off the shelf—atlases, board games, histories of the world—and lays them open beneath the light of distant stars.  Come for the entertainment and stay for the heartfelt wisdom of this wonderful book.”

–Jacob Slichter, author of So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star

“…a lyric memoir about memory, family history, and place that shines in its quiet ability to foster empathy and compassion.”

-Kelly Sundberg, author of Goodbye Sweet Girl

“Hurtling through the galaxies of the past, the essays in Little Astronaut remind us that the events we have lived through can become black holes… These essays, lovely experiments which range from course surveys to play scripts, are luminous constellations Aita has arranged around the supernovas of the heart, naming the star shrapnel that has settled around its jagged core as she still reaches for the moon.”

–Kristine Langley Mahler, author of Curing Season and director of Split/Lip Press