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Big World

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Mary Miller's Big World presents the world with a new and wonderful voice in the world of short fiction. Her characters are unique and her prose is clean and fresh. Highly recommended.

I discovered MMs work at the Literary Death Match, an off-site event at this year's AWP Chicago writer's conference. The editor of Hobart, Aaron Burch, read from BIG WORLD. And after that it was all over for me. I got the collection and LOVED it. Keep an eye out for her other work. In fact, SEEK it out. Other similar voices that I have recently discovered, would include Mary Gaitskill (BAD BEHAVIOR), Holly Goddard Jones (GIRL TROUBLE) and Amelia Gray (AM/PM).

Mary Miller's "little" book is a very enjoyable read. The stories, all dealing with young women's struggles, are both sad & funny.

I read a lot of short story collections and I'm delighted if half are even enjoyable. Mary Miller only had one story to me that even fell a little flat, FULL... the rest, esp. (LEAK, BIG WORLD, NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST -- just superb) were page turning, funny, insightful.

She doesn't fancy footwork you with excess, she's concise and makes you think on most every page.

Can't wait to see her next effort.

Highest praise from me!


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MM