This Distance is not a collection of stories. It is a badass book full of meditations on the moments when we are alone, vulnerable, and striving for connections with others and ourselves, while often wrestling with inevitable separations. Gregorio delivers these moments with his trademark brash and unabashed style as his characters operate in a modern world that is frequently all too familiar and real. What This Distance does so well is exist within and examine pop culture, rather than merely reference it—and the result is a very fine collection of distilled, transgressive snapshots depicting the struggles of being alive.