Syncopated Rhythms

New from Paul Rabinowitz

Pre-publication sales July 28, 2025 - October. 3, 2025

Official Release date:  Nov. 28, 2025

Syncopation is a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm, a placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur. When you read Syncopated Rhythms my hope is you'll read them collectively as a playlist, like hearing that new soul album the first time, how the heart opens and then the whole body follows.

Syncopated Rhythms bring into sharp relief subtexts of the ordinary— the rhythmic in our lives interrupted by a walk in the desert; a woman on the subway; a bear eating out of someone’s hand. With strong poetic voice and lyrical vision, Rabinowitz takes his readers on a memorable ride through a series of stories: part poem, part prose, deftly combining concrete images with streams of consciousness in new and surprising ways. Rabinowitz’s details about cities are as compelling as his observations about art, sushi dinners, or a Netflix show. As a storyteller Rabinowitz masterfully depicts the wounded topography of a soul-searching odyssey that transcends traditional literary narrative. 

Syncopated Rhythms will delight and challenge readers with its innovative and refreshing style from start to finish.