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"The most captivating voice to come out of the West since Annie Proulx - though it's to early Joan Didion that [Watkins] bears comparison for her arid humor and cut-to-the-chase knowingness." - Vogue "What distinguishes Watkins' work...is her command of time. Nearly all the stories are set in the present, but her characters constantly live with aftereffects of the past. They're not simply "scarred" by history; they're irradiated by it, queasily lit from within." - "Minneapolis Star-Tribune " "As if Watkins' prose embodies the desert landscape of Nevada itself, the stories are stony, unkind, and harsh, though never unattractive...Beneath these confessions runs a spiritual undertow -- that salvific beauty can arise when brutality is brought to light. ... All of her stories left me feeling purged and oddly cleansed, easily making Battleborn one of the strongest collections I've read in years." - "The Millions" "In her debut short story collection Battleborn Claire Vaye Watkins marries character to landscape as well as anyone I have read in years. Read more Battleborn

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