Green Light: A Gatsby Cycle, a hybrid poetry/flash fiction collection written with Janet Dale, published by Alien Buddha Press

Green Light: A Gatsby Cycle offers a striking reimagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, told as a collaborative chapbook of found poetry and flash fiction. Using only the first page of each chapter from the novel, Dale and Renner craft a fresh meditation on the classic story—one that explores a boy’s struggle to break free from the place that made him, questioning the very notion of the American Dream.

The authors create a seamless dialogue with Fitzgerald’s work, transforming familiar passages into something entirely new. Each flash fiction piece and poem reflects themes of ambition, yearning, and the pursuit of freedom, while offering a thoughtful exploration of the literary masterpiece.

Review and Interviews:

Janet Dale & Allison Renner: ‘Maybe Fitzgerald would be flattered that we were inspired by his wonderful words’ by Sam Szanto

“The idea of an American Dream feels warped to me”: An Interview with Janet Dale and Allison Renner at Pine Hills Review

Book Squad Goals podcast interview

BONUS! Find your own poetry in the last page of each chapter of The Great Gatsby. Instructions and PDF HERE!