Never far from a dining table, the characters in Heather A. Slomski's limpid and elegant debut collection are not given to melodramatics. Civility reigns, voices are not raised, much goes unsaid. But just beneath the sophisticated composure are longing, loss,… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“Her hands felt their way blindly along the ridges and canyons and defiles of the spine, the firm root-spread hillocks of the withers. She rolled her bony knuckles all along the fallen tree of scar tissue at the crest of the back, prying up its branches, loosening its teeth. And it must be having some effect: when she walked Pelter… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share
Even in a crowded field, it is a rare pleasure to come across a prose stylist like Kellie Wells, whose intellect and language bid… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“He had long since observed that Elizabeth had superfluous IQ for her line of work, and inside all that free space in her brain… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“A horseman of the old school, a gentleman who never forgot to dip down and stake you when he win. He was more ashamed… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
I don't know anyone who has described that terrible yearning for ecstasy and immolation through music as lucidly as Sean Madigan Hoen in Songs… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“He was insane, he thought people were trying to destroy him, to suck out his guts, but, she noted, in the rare event that… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
Never far from a dining table, the characters in Heather A. Slomski's limpid and elegant debut collection are not given to melodramatics. Civility reigns,… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“The Mahdi rolls along the path to the race track as red, broad and shining as a John Deere tractor…” — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“But Little Spinoza was only interested in that satchel-bellied ten-dollar billy goat. First he jumped back like insulted when the goat lift his head… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“this ain't the 4-H rodeo at the Pocahontas County Fair… this is horse racing” — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“I was an easy birth, and I have never regretted it. Not even for a visit would I return to the womb. I never… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
