How to Get Along Without Me

How to Get Along Without Me
By Kate Axelrod

Publication: April 2023
Available Material: Full manuscript, 150 pages

How to Get Along Without Me is a collection that summons the perversity and poignance of twentysomething dating lives from a bracingly wry and honest new literary voice. In a world designed for couples, the protagonists of these interconnected stories have easy access to acquaintances with benefits but no apparent paths to emotional intimacy.


Praise -----------------------------------------------------------------

'Surprising, funny, and painfully true. How to Get Along Without Me is an anthropological account of dating, a catalog of shitheads, a love letter to grandparents, and a reminder that those years of flailing in love and failing to launch are taut with possibility.' -Christine Smallwood, author of The Life of the Mind

'Viciously funny and unashamedly sexy stories that plumb the loneliness of desire from first swipe to coupledom.' -Danielle Lazarin, author of Back Talk

'The stories in How to Get Along Without Me are wary and beautiful, savage and true. Kate Axelrod has given us a book that is both modern and timeless.' -Lindsay Hunter, author of Hot Springs Drive