Bring Everybody: Stories

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Bring Everybod Dwight Yates YAT ES Massachusetts I  exhilarating collection of stories, Dwight Yates delivers the range of characters suggested in the title, many of them struggling to salvage situations they feel have been thrust upon them. Yet the smoking gun that accounts for the hole in the foot is, more often than not, in the hand of the protagonist complaining of the pain. Self-delusioncourtsself-destruction in these stories, but not without relief, since revelation is always possible and redemption just might come tumbling after.Though the stakes are sometimes low and the circumstances more rueful than tragic, Yates illuminates the gulf between expectation and reality with humor and compassion. Many of the stories are told by their protagonists. In other outings, the telling rests with bemused and attentive narrators, crowding in close, better to witness the charm and folly of the memorable characters assembled in this prize-winning collection. WINNER OF THE JUNIPER PRIZE FOR FICTION D Y is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Fiction and received the Kennedy Award for his first collection of stories, Haywire Hearts and Slide Trombones. He has taught for many years in the writing programs at the University of California, Riverside. He lives with his wife and daughters in Redlands, California. WINNER OF THE JUNIPER PRIZE FOR FICTION “Bring Everybody is an electrifying collection of short fiction. Its author, Dwight Yates, delights in story, character, language, and craft in equal measure, and each tale seems to pivot in a delicious, unexpected way. Tell everybody.” —R R, author of Empire Falls “Dwight Yates is a spunky seer of the strange turn of events. His people are frail, brazen, loving, forgiven. He is, like Padgett Powell, a mischief-maker and a tender heart—a splendid combination.” —N H, author of What Begins with Bird: Fictions Jacket design by Jack Harrison Jacket art © Royalty-Free/Corbis University of Massachusetts Press Amherst & Boston www.umass.edu/umpress S T O R I E S BRING EVERYBODY Yates_jac_final.indd 1 3/29/06 3:48:53 PM ...