A deeply traditional Hispanic father hitchhikes
to his gay daughter's wedding; a football coach in deepest
Texas risks everything by flunking the high-school football
star -- In "MALE OF THE SPECIES, Alex Mindt brings
deft hands to deeply affecting matters of dusty grandeur
and triumphant endurance.
--Jacquelyn Mitchard, author,
The Deep End of the Ocean and Cage of Stars
“Alex Mindt has the extraordinary ability to take
on the many different worlds that make up America, as
if he has lived in all of them with the most vivid understanding
of each. This collection of stories expands the reader's
vision of a country that must hold together with the love
and compassion with which Mindt himself holds it together.
His stories are inspired, and inspire.”
--David Plante, National Book
Award Nominee for The Family
“In this remarkable debut, Alex Mindt skillfully
portrays a series of unique and compelling worlds. The
result is a captivating collection that is a joy to read.”
--John Searles, best selling
author of Strange But True
“Alex Mindt writes stories with muscle, moral intensity,
and language that is both brisk and readable. His variation
on the familiar "teen-age son goes deer-hunting with
his father" theme is priceless. But so is every other
story in this remarkable, memorable, artful collection.
--Michael Curtis, Fiction Editor
- Atlantic Monthly
“The stories in Alex Mindt's debut collection begin
at a turning point in the lives of his characters and
then proceed, with supreme skill and unerring pitch, to
a miraculous moment of quiet revelation and grace, when
their full humanity is revealed and our understanding
of human nature is enlarged. This Chekhovian empathy for
the wide-ranging cast of people who make up today's America
is a rare gift, and one of the highest order. These unforgettable
stories already feel like classics.”
--Jaime Manrique, Award Winning
Author of Latin Moon Over Manhattan and Our Lives are
the Rivers
"Criss-crossing the extremes of the American landscape,
these stories ARE America:majestic and salt-of-the-earth,
painfully funny and achingly beautiful. A haunting and
stunning chronicle of our country and of our people; Mindt
is a magnificent writer. This book killed me."
--Binnie Kirshenbaum, Author
of An Almost Perfect Moment
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