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Teach at Brown. Misc. writings in Zoetrope, the Guardian, NYT, LAT, WAPO. The Exquisite, Kind One, Neverhome, Zorrie, This Wide Terraqueous World is out now...
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Book Review: ‘White River Crossing,’ by Ian McGuire Original

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By Laird Hunt
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You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. How Much Does Capitalism Cost? Ask These Prospectors. Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds. Credit...Miroslav Weissmuller Laird Hunt’s most recent work of fiction, “Float Up, Sing Down,” is out in paperback next month. Feb.
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The 10 best books of February reckon with the past – and present - CSMonitor.com

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By Laird Hunt, Tommy Orange, Francis Spufford, Maura Cheeks Verified
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Float Up, Sing Down, by Laird Hunt In Laird Hunt’s collection of stories, residents of an Indiana farming community in 1982 go about their routines, with secrets and regrets roiling beneath the surface. “Things grew where they grew and flew where they flew and that was all there was to it,” thinks one character. It’s an assessment that infuses these deeply felt tales.
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Float Up, Sing Down: Stories

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By Laird Hunt
| Washington Independent Review of Books Verified
It’s a lovely day in Bright Creek, Indiana, with blue skies and fast-warming sunshine after a round of storms, and residents are out and about — gardening, walking, socializing, getting cars to honk for Reagan, enjoying a little teenage romp in the barn — generally living life in early 1980s small-town America.
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