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CHRONICLE: Fossils of Progress is an ambitious, genre¿defying work that combines philosophical fiction, metaphysical reflection, and autoethnographical narrative into a single, sprawling chronicle of human life. From its opening meditation-"Rocks. Dust. Atoms. Ideas sprung from matter, pain emerges from rocks and we are here, somehow."-the book insists that observation and chronicling are not merely passive acts but the very forces that bring the world into being. Letizia structures the book as a series of interwoven flickers: scenes, conversations, and moments that rise up and extinguish across different realities. In one strand, college students Anthony, Virginia, Marissa, and Jack struggle through a philosophy course, debating empiricism, rationalism, and the existence of an outside world while football games, dining hall routines, and campus relationships unfold around them. Their banter about Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and The Matrix becomes a living exploration of how we know what we know-and whether anything exists beyond our perceptions. In another strand, Joseph navigates the pressures of parenting his daughters Rita and Laynie. Breakfast arguments over grades, sports practices, and the logistics of family life reveal the subtle rivalries and insecurities that shape childhood and adulthood alike. Laynie's frustration with "babyish stories" and standardized tests contrasts with Rita's apparent ease and achievement, exposing the different forms of intelligence and creativity that schools often overlook. Throughout the book, Letizia returns to a central claim: that human beings create devils, systems, and illusions through the act of observation. We chronicle not only what exists but also what does not yet exist, raising purposeless things to life and then competing within them. Progress, in this view, is not improvement but movement-aimless, stupid, and directionless, born of fear and ignorance as much as hope. Yet CHRONICLE is not nihilistic. It acknowledges that these flickers of consciousness, however temporary, are all we have. The book invites readers to participate actively, to "finish" the text in their own minds and conversations. Letizia explicitly rejects the idea of a single, fixed meaning, suggesting instead that meaning emerges through perception, dialogue, and imagination. Blending detailed scenes of daily life with philosophical commentary, CHRONICLE: Fossils of Progress will appeal to readers of literary fiction, metaphysical novels, and experimental narrative. It is a challenging, playful, and deeply reflective work that asks enduring questions: Was there a world before anyone existed to observe it? Do we need to chronicle rocks, atoms, and sadness to make them real? And what happens when all our flickers return to nothing?
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Angelo J. Letizia, PhD, is a writer, educator, and thinker whose work moves fluidly between nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and philosophical reflection. He serves as an associate professor of education and department chair of initial licensure programs at Notre Dame of Maryland University, where he works with future teachers and engages deeply with questions of democracy, civic life, and the role of education in shaping society. His academic background in qualitative research and autoethnography informs both his scholarly writing and his creative projects. Letizia is the author of fourteen books spanning multiple genres. His nonfiction titles include Democracy and Social Justice Education in the Information Age, Educational Leadership and Technology, and Democracy, Education and Research. In these works, he examines how schools, leaders, and communities can foster democratic habits and critical thinking in an era of rapid technological change. His poetry collections, such as The Last Number and Other Stories and Temporary Gods and Arbitrary Arrangements, explore similar themes through lyrical and experimental forms, often blending personal experience with philosophical inquiry. As a fiction writer, Letizia is drawn to hybrid forms that resist easy categorization. He frequently incorporates autoethnographical techniques, using himself as a research subject while observing the world around him. His narratives are populated by characters who struggle with meaning, identity, and the tension between everyday routines and metaphysical questions. In CHRONICLE: Fossils of Progress, he explicitly frames the work as a "map of his universe," inviting readers to look for hidden clues and connections to his earlier books. Letizia's work has been featured in venues such as Poets & Writers and The Chronicle of Higher Education, reflecting his dual presence in both literary and academic communities. He is known for his willingness to "wax philosophically," as he puts it, while remaining grounded in the concrete details of life: sports practices, family breakfasts, classroom debates, and the quiet moments of doubt that punctuate ordinary days. Beyond his professional roles, Letizia is a husband and father, living in Maryland with his family. His daughters and their experiences often appear, transformed and fictionalized, in his writing, as he explores the pressures and possibilities of contemporary childhood and parenting. He writes not as a distant observer but as someone embedded in the culture he studies, using narrative to chronicle the flickers of existence that make up human life. With CHRONICLE: Fossils of Progress, Angelo Letizia continues his ongoing project: to blend philosophy, narrative, and lived experience into works that challenge readers to think, feel, and participate as co creators of meaning.
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