RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewThe stories in this splendid new collection are inspired by an eclectic variety of sources ... The work of a consummate storyteller, the brilliantly conceived Dogs and Monsters illuminates a variety of species, both real and mythical, including our own.
Kelly McMasters
RaveThe East Hampton Star\"[A] poignant and engrossing memoir ... Like Rachel Cusk, Kelly McMasters writes with urgency and honesty about being in an unhappy marriage ... In her essay \'Peonies,\' Zadie Smith...states that \'Writing is control.\' I believe this is true for Kelly McMasters — that in writing this vivid, searing memoir she\'s made a manageable shape out of what appear to be disparate disturbing events. As I read The Leaving Season, I found myself rooting for her, in life and in art.\
Jess Walter
RaveThe New York Times Book Review... intensely affecting fiction ... Jess Walter’s novels tend to have large casts and intricate plots — which are harder to pull off in short stories. Yet in Mr. Voice, he manages to render multiple generations of emotionally complex lives in just a handful of pages ... The stories in The Angel of Rome are largehearted and wonderfully inventive. They can be savored at the dentist’s office, or anywhere, without an eye on the clock.
