RaveThe Hudson ReviewThe world falls away as Kathleen Alcott’s stories unfold in her sublime collection, Emergency. The smallest moment, the briefest description, the single telling detail are given the attention a stonecutter would give a gem. Alcott’s gift is breathtaking ... The stories take their time but never feel slow and are mesmerizing, in part, because there is very little dialogue to break the spell of the narrative. Alcott’s voice is so sure ... The title story is a knockout ... Reading Emergency took me out of myself in much the same way writing does; the story, the page, was all that existed. These stories are lovely and tart and marvelously peculiar, the product of an interesting and interested mind.
