Fiction "When a man living at the river's edge encounters a woman from the mortgage company, he realizes he hasn't spoken aloud for weeks. Another man looks into his long-absent father's face and discovers a terrifying truth. In this debut collection, Jeff Vande Zande portrays honest, hardworking folks who have had the rug pulled out from under them...Vande Zande sympathetically traces the patterns of ordinary lives until a quiet wisdom arises from the age."—Bonnie Jo Campbell

"While many of these stories concern themselves with the world of work, on a broader level, they are about the mysteries of who we are, and who we become. Vande Zande's powers of observation and empathy, his eye for the revealing detail, the feeling of raw authenticity his dialogue creates, all make this a memorable collection that should be read, and reread."—Jim Daniels

Author City: SAGINAW, MI USA

Jeff Vande Zande writes poetry, fiction, and screenplays. His fiction includes EMERGENCY STOPPING AND OTHER STORIES (Bottom Dog Press, 2004), Into the Desperate Country (March Street Press, 2006), LANDSCAPE WITH FRAGMENTED FIGURES (Bottom Dog Press, 2009) and AMERICAN POET: A NOVEL (Bottom Dog Press, 2012). He teaches at Delta College in upstate Michigan.

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