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Kyle Minor

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http://www.goodreads.com/kyleminor

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West Palm Beach, Florida

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male

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http://www.kyleminor.com

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Barry Hannah and Alice Munro had a love child.

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Kyle Minor is the author of In the Devil’s Territory, a collection of stories and novellas. He is the winner of the 2012 Iowa Review Prize for Short Fiction and the Tara M. Kroger Prize for Short Fiction, one of Random House’s Best New Voices of 2006,and a three-time honoree in the Atlantic Monthly contest. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, Best American Mystery Stories 2008, Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers, and Forty Stories: New Voices from Harper Perennial.

http://www.kyleminor.com

Praise for In the Devil's Territory:

"In the Devil's Territory is a brilliant and electrifying debut from one of America's best young writers. Filled with grace and wisdom, Kyle Minor's bold, c...more Kyle Minor is the author of In the Devil’s Territory, a collection of stories and novellas. He is the winner of the 2012 Iowa Review Prize for Short Fiction and the Tara M. Kroger Prize for Short Fiction, one of Random House’s Best New Voices of 2006,and a three-time honoree in the Atlantic Monthly contest. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, Best American Mystery Stories 2008, Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers, and Forty Stories: New Voices from Harper Perennial.

http://www.kyleminor.com

Praise for In the Devil's Territory:

"In the Devil's Territory is a brilliant and electrifying debut from one of America's best young writers. Filled with grace and wisdom, Kyle Minor's bold, compassionate stories burn deep into the eternal mysteries and violent truths of the human experience with the force of a welding torch cranked to the max. I would walk through Hell to be able to write like him."

- Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff

"In the Devil's Territory is an extravagantly good book. Dealing with the uneasy transactions people make in family and companionship, its six stories chart the wide scope of human possibility, from brutality to complicated redemption, and achieve a precise, crucial compassion. Kyle Minor's talent is rich and deep, and this book will not be soon forgotten."

- Erin McGraw , author of The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard

"'The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Party,' which opens the collection, is Minor at his best--a powerful story about a man overcome with guilt, worry and resentment as the health of his wife and their unborn child hangs in the balance. Minor has
a knack for capturing melancholy and establishing empathy for his book's many wayward characters."

- Publisher's Weekly

"In Kyle Minor's dark debut collection of stories, personal secrets always exact a terrible price -- sometimes worse than the events that motivated them. Minor shows in fantastic, horrifying detail, buried truths can bubble up in strange, nightmarish ways."

- Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Phoenix(less)

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Publishers Weekly / BookExpo America

Good news today: Publishers Weekly chose Praying Drunk as one of 20 “galleys to grab” at BookExpo America, the four-day conference and party for American booksellers, librarians, publishers, critics, agents, book scouts, and journalists.

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Kyle Minor's Books

Average rating: 3.81 · 497 ratings · 121 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors

	In the Devil's Territory 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth and All Its Ugly 4.76 of 5 stars 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Praying Drunk 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2014	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 by George Pelecanos (Editor), Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Elizabeth Strout 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers by Matt Kellogg (Editor), Kyle Minor (Goodreads Author), Jillian Quint (Editor) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surreal South: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry by Laura Benedict (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pinckney Benedict (Editor), Katie Estill (Contributor) 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forty Stories by Cal Morgan (Editor), Kyle Minor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jess Walter (Contributor) 3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kyle Minor rated a book 5 of 5 stars Novels & Stories 1963-73: Cat's Cradle/God Bless You, Mr Rosewater/Slaughterhouse-Five/Breakfast of Champions/Stories (Library of America #216) by Kurt Vonnegut	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kyle Minor rated a book 5 of 5 stars Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kyle Minor rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Era of Not Quite by Douglas Watson	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 03, 2013 07:30pm
Kyle Minor liked David's review of In the Devil's Territory: " I was reminded when reading these stories of the old trick where a magician keeps pulling and pulling a handkerchief from his/her sleeve, but the handkerchief never seems to end and the magician just keeps on pulling. These stories just seemed lik... " Read more of this review »
May 02, 2013 12:01am · see review
Kyle Minor liked Dee's review of In the Devil's Territory: " This is an incredible writer. I cant suggest this book enough. The people and their emotions, the writing and the originality of the stories. "
May 02, 2013 12:00am · see review
Kyle Minor liked Lou's review of The Truth and All Its Ugly: " A father and son relationship in the future 2024, where suddenly at the sons age of fifteen their bond together strengthens due to some bizarre violent behavior that they share. As time passes it makes you think that if maybe it he stopped at a ce... " Read more of this review »
Apr 20, 2013 11:21pm · see review
Kyle Minor rated a book 5 of 5 stars Demon Camp: A True Story of War, Exorcism, and the Search for Deliverance by Jen Percy	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kyle Minor rated a book 5 of 5 stars Beloved by Toni Morrison	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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