Evan Morgan Williams has published over forty stories in such magazines as Witness, Kenyon Review, Antioch Review, and ZYZZYVA. He is a graduate of the University of Montana's MFA program and now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches in the public schools. Thorn is his first book.
"Evan Morgan Williams' stories are mysterious, profound, and
sensual. His characters, naked in their yearning--way out there
with the water and trees and sky--find new ways of loving in an
old, old world. Thorn is a marvelous book."
--David Allan Cates, author of Ben Armstrong's Strange Trip
Home
"Evan Williams' debut collection of stories, Thorn, is a startling
gift with its revelations about the people who inhabit the
periphery of society's vision. Whether it is woman cleaning the
bones of a whale, or a mother in search of a lost word in a lost
language, Williams brings remarkable insight into their lives and
in doing so deepens our understanding of what it means to be
counted among the few."
--Claire Davis, author of Labors of the Heart
"The protagonists of the 15 stories in Thorn, by Evan Morgan
Williams, are a diverse cast: Native American, white, black, Asian;
young and old; men, women; rich, poor. Yet Williams, who won the
2014 G.S. Charat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, with this debut
collection, is able to inhabit his protagonists, as well as to
empathize with them. This is no mean feat."
--Karen Uhlmann, The Common
"These stories have a beautiful sadness. Whether they are about
whites, blacks, or Indians, men or women, young or old, they evince
feelings that reveal the colliding of cultures, the wistfulness of
various perceptions, and the longing in every human soul. Williams
is a master at making small details into major elements and
capturing the spirits of his characters with perfect dialogue.
Whether about buying whale bones, traveling to pick up a man about
to be released from jail, or collecting rocks on the beach, these
stories are really about life's deeper and mysterious elements.
Williams opens us to the discord his characters live with and makes
us understand what life on the edge means. Thorn is a superb
collection."
--Kent Nelson, author of The Spirit Bird
"Williams has a facility for getting inside characters and exposing
their essential isolation and loneliness."
--Kirkus Reviews
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