ATLANTA, GEORGIA - It begins with a word: You. Just one syllable. But within that single pronoun, Vane Lashua unearths a lifetime of questions, convictions, passions, and paradoxes. His newest book, You, published by Author’s Tranquility Press and now available on Amazon, is not a traditional memoir. Nor is it merely a collection of poems. It’s a daring, intimate, and kaleidoscopic meditation on life as both journey and performance—a book that finds truth not in perfection, but in process.
Part beat journal, part philosophical travelogue, part love letter to the ordinary, “You” is a masterfully woven celebration of language, longing, and the holy chaos of human experience.
Poetry That Wanders, But Never Strays
Across 75+ poetic and prose-rich chapters, Lashua reflects on childhood memories, near-mystical natural experiences, failed relationships, cherished friendships, dogs, lost love, patriotism, poetry, and politics. In one moment, he’s deconstructing “gravity” as a metaphor for love. In another, he’s remembering a friend who lost time, or recalling the rhythm of a bicycle race that became a metaphor for community and transcendence.
The writing is playful yet profound, as in pieces like:
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“The Seed” — a meditation on community and shared roots
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“Job hunt” — a dry-witted flowchart of employment, expectation, and existential dread
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“A Night You Needed Me” — a quietly devastating ode to holding someone close while letting them go
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“Suburban Therapy” — a high-octane, darkly comic, confessional monologue about racing to catch a train and the life that rides with it
No matter the subject, Lashua returns—again and again—to you. Not just the reader, but the composite of characters, ideas, lovers, losses, and forces that shape who we are.
For the Reader Who’s Tired of Pretending
“You” is not for the reader who wants answers neatly wrapped. It’s for the soul who longs for honesty, wonder, and the courage to sit with complexity. It's for readers of:
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Walt Whitman, W.H. Auden, Mary Oliver
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Bob Dylan lyrics scrawled on napkins
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Raymond Carver short stories and Wendell Berry prayers
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Long conversations by a fire, or memories that taste like dusk
The author’s blend of intellect, humility, and humor feels less like a lecture and more like a whispered confession or a shared drink between friends.
Order You today on Amazon and let yourself be seen in the space between the lines.
About the Author:
Vane Lashua has spent decades straddling the worlds of language, leadership, and legacy. A teacher, counselor, publisher, poet, and technologist, his diverse career spans the public and private sectors—from publishing houses to public schools, from Capitol Hill to Creekside cabins. A deep believer in sustainability, civic truth, and artistic urgency, Lashua’s work draws from personal experience and universal emotion with equal parts candor and craft.
About Author’s Tranquility Press
Author’s Tranquility Press, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a champion for voices that move and matter. Specializing in literary works that blend heart and intellect, ATP uplifts authors who aren’t afraid to ask hard questions, tell their truths, and create books that linger long after the last page is turned.
Learn more at authorstranquilitypress.com.
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