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Michael Clayton<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dead Roosters and Other Stories<\/h3>\n

160 Pages \/\u00a0Short Stories
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November 15, 2020<\/p>\n

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Praise for Dead Roosters and Other Stories<\/i><\/h3>\n

Dead Roosters <\/span><\/i>is storytelling at its finest. The author is a filmmaker, and it shows: Clayton has a pure, cinematic instinct for picking moments, and bringing his reader deep and close to the action. His voice is honest, direct and, perhaps most importantly, he knows the value of simplicity and how to balance plain, accessible language with super precise detail that creates a fully-imagined world around his characters.\u00a0 Reading this book, you\u2019ll get to know the place and the people, and you\u2019ll understand just what makes the American South a caldron of compassion and pathos. True, authentic stuff\u2014storytelling at its finest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Nicoye Banks<\/strong>, Queen Sugar, Green Zone, The Dunning Man<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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As I moved through, and savored, Michael Clayton\u2019s debut collection, I was struck by a keen sense of admiration and gratitude. Admiration for the skill being wielded by an artist of such uncommon talent, of course. Clayton\u2019s unflinching eye and beautiful sentences, his affecting blend of poignancy, brutality, and humor. But yes, gratitude, as well. Appreciation for the honesty and authority he demonstrates on every page. Michael Clayton is not just a masterful writer\u2014he is a man bearing witness, sharing stories with us that, clearly, he was born to tell.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014Skip Horack<\/strong>, author of\u00a0The Other Joseph, The Eden Hunter,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Southern Cross<\/i><\/p>\n

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Michael Clayton has a crime novelist\u2019s ear for dialogue and a marksman\u2019s eye for the shortcomings that make us human. The stories in Dead Roosters<\/i>\u00a0call to mind the best of Larry Brown but they have a hard-won intensity all their own. They\u2019ll stay with you long after you\u2019ve finished them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Kevin Moffett,<\/strong> author of Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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Dead Roosters<\/i> is so damn good, so compulsively readable, as to immediately catapult Michael Clayton into that tiny exclusive club populated by the likes of Flannery O\u2019Conner and Breece D\u2019J Pancake. Clayton is an original, and Dead Roosters<\/i> contains one unique voice after the next. Brilliantly attuned to class and the characters\u2019 own roiling anger or subtle ennui, this nuanced collection is nothing short of a new classic.<\/p>\n

\u2014Amanda Boyden<\/a>,<\/strong> author of I Got the Dog, Babylon Rolling, <\/i>and Pretty Little Dirty<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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