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praise
“Burns’s ability to create quirky and odd characters—while they’re compelling and well crafted—isn’t even her greatest strength as a writer. Where she truly shines is in the way she develops meaning and emotional depth from both the conventional and the peculiar. The oddballs in her stories aren’t used as a gimmick, and they’re certainly not pedestrian. And while they might not look, act, or think the way others in their worlds want them to, they’re people with substance, who have earned the reader’s attention and compassion.” —Live Nude Books
“It’s downright refreshing to read stories that say something, that show a willingness to turn over the rocks of romantic relationships and shed light on the muck below—and to do it with such fun and dazzling prose, to boot.” —Powell's
“A daring first story collection by a poet. If you love Flannery O’Connor, try Burns.” —More magazine
about the author
Suzanne Burns has previously published two collections of poetry, Blight from Archer Books and The Flesh Procession from Bleak House Books. Her writing has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and she is the recipient of two poetry fellowships. She is a freelance editor who is currently working on a new novel.
