4 results for '"Mary Robison"'

“Robison has a poet's eye for the unconscious surrealism of commercial America.” —The New York Times Book ReviewTell Me reflects the early brilliance as well as the fulfilled promise of Mary...

"Mary Robison's short stories are short, subtle, and substantial . . . Her ironic sense of detail bursts from every sentence." ––VogueAn Amateur's Guide to the Night stands as a perfect example of...

"Robison is both wise and entertaining, a technician with a sense of humor, a minimalist with a good eye for what can be salvaged from lives of quiet desperation." ―The New York Times Book ReviewThe...

"How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers...