Maybe it begins here—along the Suamico River in northeastern Wisconsin. Uncle Dale owned about 60 acres of low pastureland along the Suamico, and my grandfather farmed part of it, selling his produce out of the breezeway of his home, though he also sometimes sold his dill and asparagus directly to the local IGA. When I …
“Lucia Perillo has aready won (& broken) hearts through her poetry, but now she takes it up a notch, blossoming into a flawless collection of incredible short stories. This collection is raw, yet so polished . . . Not since Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff has a gathering of stories packed themselves into one powerful punch.”—Donna, Powell’s …
Boise author Alan Heathcock celebrated the release of Volt, his new collection of short stories, with a hometown party Friday night. Volt‘s dark tales guarantee that many people Heathcock meets give him the sense that they might be a little concerned with his well-being, but, as he told The Nervous Breakdown, “Don’t let the stories fool …
