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  <name><![CDATA[Kyle Minor]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Kyle Minor is the author of In the Devil's Territory, a collection of short fiction, and co-editor of The Other Chekhov. His work also appears in The Southern Review, Surreal South, Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers, and Best American Mystery Stories. He is at work on a novel and a work of narrative nonfiction, both set in Haiti.

Praise for In the Devil's Territory:

&quot;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.&quot;

- Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff

&quot;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.&quot;

- Erin McGraw , author of The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard

&quot;'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.&quot;

- Publisher's Weekly

&quot;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.&quot;

- Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Phoenix]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Graham Greene, Andre Dubus, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Alice Munro, Barry Hannah]]></influences>    <hometown>West Palm Beach, Florida</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jillian Quint]]></name>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Best American Mystery Stories 2008]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Otto Penzler]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Strout]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thisbe Nissen]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Connelly]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[In the Devil's Territory]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Okla Elliott]]></name>
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