- Hardcover
- IBSN: AKB-DD-AT
- Genre: Poetry
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About Time Limited Edition Preorder
This exclusive preorder package includes a copy of About Time and a numbered Giclée print—both autographed by David Duchovny.
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All preorders will ship on or before September 2, 2025.
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THIS PAGE IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PREORDER OF ABOUT TIME with a signed-and-numbered Giclée print.
Click [HERE] to purchase a regular signed or unsigned edition of the book.
The exclusive package includes:
- A copy of About Time autographed by David Duchovny
- A 8.5″ x 11″ signed (by David Duchovny) and numbered, impressionistic portrait of Duchovny by artist Kriti Siderakis, typeset with the author’s haunting poem, “Nobodaddy Home.” The artwork is printed on 308 gsm 100% Cotton Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper using the Giclée method—a specialized art printing/spraying technique that uses an expanded color range of archival ink and paper resulting in highly detailed and visually rich prints.
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About the Book
DAVID DUCHOVNY’S SEVENTH PUBLISHED—AND FIRST POETIC—WORK covers a range of intimate themes and topics, including love, the loss of love, parenting, Duchovny’s own parents (in particular his father, who looms large throughout the work), alienation, and other emotional quandaries. Fans of Duchovny’s fiction will recognize the insightful and clever play of words that, in this new form, distill to an emotionally impactful portrayal of what the author holds most dear.
Duchovny’s approach to poetry is beautifully (and, typically, humorously) encapsulated in his introduction to the work, in which he writes:
Poetry is not useful. And that is exactly why we need it. It reminds us of two important things: our ultimate lack of agency (unpopular to say, I know) and our inability to say anything plain, our inability to capture what it means to be human with the imperfect tool of words; we come face-to-face with our shadow selves, for in the end we will all die and be forgotten, and come away with nothing, nothing in the way of utility anyway, no talking points, no bullet points, no propaganda, no resolutions, no policy, no knowledge. If anything, maybe we remember a few lines . . . something like a pop song from the collective unconscious, something like wisdom.
You see, I wanted to say it plain, but out comes that torrent of modifiers and adjustments, denials, double negatives, shading, stabs at wit, backpedaling, playing at capturing the lightning. Maybe this time. Maybe that’s what a poem is—that glorious feeling of Maybe this time I’ll get it right. If that’s the case, it seems a worthy enterprise to me. You see, I got somewhere, but the way back is unclear—that’s a good enough definition of poetry for now. No, it’s not.
Duchovny’s efforts at achieving such clarity range in this collection from laser-sharp, single-sentence poems to emotionally sweeping ruminations. With About Time—perhaps his most personal work to date—Duchovny continues his journey as one of the most prolific creators of his generation.
Front cover photo © Stefan Sappert
Book Details
Author
DAVID DUCHOVNY is an award-winning actor, director, New York Times best-selling author, and singer-songwriter. With an acting career spanning more than three decades, Duchovny is a two-time Golden Globe winner and four-time Emmy nominee. His novels include Truly Like Lightning, Holy Cow, The Reservoir (novella), and Bucky F*cking Dent which Duchovny adapted into the film Reverse the Curse. The film, directed by Duchovny, premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. As a musician, Duchovny has released three studio albums: Hell or Highwater, Every Third Thought, and Gestureland. He is the host of the podcast Fail Better.