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praise for greyhounds
“Greyhounds is a simply stunning collection. I like to be surprised; I like a good, authentic gut punch; I like a succinct sentence that makes me gasp because it’s so true and perfect; I love messy, interesting women characters. Greyhounds delivers in all these ways, in spades.”
—Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
“Greyhounds is a brilliant new addition into the canon of weird short fiction, sharp and finely attuned to how strange it is to be a human being. Emma Smith-Stevens is the ideal chronicler of—and guide to—our alienated times, funny and profound, uncanny and wise, like Charon with a sense of humor.”
—Rachel Khong, My Dear You
“Smith-Stevens is a brave writer and gifted with the precision stylistic attack that I associate with the short-fiction renaissance of the 1980s. Greyhounds is a most welcome and satisfying thing. It digs deep into the ache of being human but does not stint on the laughs that sometimes accompany this ache. I admire this book.”
—Rick Moody, The Long Accomplishment
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emma Smith-Stevens is the author of The Australian. Her writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine, Lit Hub, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
