ASIN: B00ISAWAK2
Publisher: Electric Literature
Pages: 272
"Of all [this] story's wonders, to me the most sublime is the unlikely residual radiance of nobility that clings to its human characters," writes Deborah Eisenberg, author of The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg, in her introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading. "It’s obvious that the particular aliens who infiltrate these pages far outweigh us in brains, skills, and poise—they certainly are in the prime of their lives! And yet rarely have our human qualities of sorrow, ineptitude, longing, regret, and their preposterous adjunct, hope, seemed so precious as they do here."About the Author:Brad Watson was born in Mississippi and now lives in Wyoming, where he teaches in The University of Wyoming's MFA in Creative Writing Program. His books include Last Days of the Dog-Men, The Heaven of Mercury, and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, all from W.W. Norton. His stories have ...
