<p>A pull tab. A motel. A bar back. A bridge.</p><p></p><p>In Halve It, Joe Nasta conjures a kaleidoscope of lives-aching, queer, tender, and sharp-edged. Each story crackles with the ache of longing and the heat of memory, binding strangers across time and geography through grief, sex, transformation, and desire. </p><p></p><p>From roadside bars to Alaskan forests, from pool tables to flame-ringed clearings, this collection of Nasta's best work lingers like a bruise you can't help touching again.</p><p></p><p>What does it mean to split yourself-and survive the aftermath?</p>