"I found myself dissecting the collection like a sommelier in training." The New York Stories. The Goodreads. Much dig and love.

So much dig and so much love. Excerpt? Word.

"I detected hints of Sherwood Anderson’s, Winesburg, Ohio, or Edgar Lee Masters’, Spoon River Anthology, in that through glimpses of these characters’ lives, we are able to see a larger picture of a place. There were also hints of Raymond Carver detected in the stories. Like much of Carver’s work, they were intense and portrayed a gritty realism."