"This
precarious world is putty in Jodi Angel's nimble hands."
-- Los
Angeles Times, July 31, 2005
"Jodi Angel is writing
a kind of abbreviated naturalism, the kind of fiction that Raymond Carver
honed to perfection."
--
San
Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2005
"Jodi
Angel's greatest talent is her refusal to look away as she tells the
razor-edged truth about the lives of her young protagonists, each one
poised on the edge of an adulthood they cannot possibly survive-all the
while keeping one ear pricked for the sound of redemption. These are
wonderful, terrible, dangerous stories."
-- Pam
Houston, author of Cowboys
are My Weakness and
Sight Hound: A Novel
"THE HISTORY OF VEGAS
is a bright, brooding, iconic, and dark first collection of stories.
Resurrection and redemption abound, and it's a great treat to live awhile
within these pages."
-- Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead
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"Angel
uses harsh situations to show the bonds between family members--brothers,
sisters, parents and even a dog--and ultimately those relationships have a
deeper meaning than all of the gritty stuff."
--
Sacramento
News & Review, July 28, 2005
"Her
willingness to step into dangerous territory, her courage in writing
through the uncomfortable moments..."
--
Greenbelt
Review, July 24, 2005
"She's
got gripping tales to tell, and each comes across as that rare bird in
fiction -- the utterly fresh story."
-- The Buffalo News, New York, July 10, 2005
"Like
watching gravity and death-defying skateboarders trick their way past with
pure abandon--it is easy to forget the grace and practice in the feat, the
flawless accomplishment of Ms. Angel. As witnesses we can only hold our
breath and trust we are in expert hands, and be grateful we can at least keep turning pages to see how we all land."
-- JT LeRoy,
author of Sarah: A Novel; Harold's End; and
The
Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
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