“Before you ship out, before you submerge your submarine or unleash your balloon, cherish every bit of warmth and respite, every gesture of love. The world is coming for you.”
Wind, Waves and Weather: Jim Shepard’s Stories Force Men Out of Their Element https://nyti.ms/2mABEgW
March 1: Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, 7:00
http://www.harvard.com/event/jim_shepard2/
March 2: Newtonville Books, Newton, MA, 7:00
“…no one is better at inhabiting a voice…”
“nearly flawless”
“There’s no topic he can’t handle, and each story in The World to Come is its own sort of joy to read…”
And perhaps my favorite: “There’s nothing more present than death in Jim Shepard’s latest collection of short stories.”
https://www.outsideonline.com/2159821/brink-disaster
The Romantic Comedy with Aidan Shepard on drums at SXSW.
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/artists/13789?_ga=1.151395377.90393207.1486226150
“Jim Shepard’s stories show us who we are when the ground shakes,” says the wise and wonderful Vincent Scarpa.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/jim-shepard-2/#continue_reading_post
It’s official: Jim’s 12th book of fiction is on the stands today. Buy a copy; read some fiction; expand your empathetic imagination.
“defies categorization”
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jim-shepard/the-world-to-come-shepard/
“heartbreaking title story”
“Outrageously versatile and gifted”–I couldn’t agree more…
Michael Upchurch’s smart, smart review of Jim Shepard’s The World to Come.