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Eveningland: Stories
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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Michael Knight is more than a master of the short story. He knows the true pace of life and does not cheat it, all the while offering whopping entertainment. Barry Hannah Long considered a master of the form and an essential voice in American fiction, Michael Knight s stories have been lauded by writers such Ann Patchett, Elizabeth Gilbert, Barry Hannah, and Richard Bausch. Now, with Eveningland he returns to the form that launched his career, delivering an arresting collection of interlinked stories set among the right kind of Mobile family in the years preceding a devastating hurricane. Grappling with dramas both epic and personal, from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to the unspeakable misgivings of contentment, Eveningland captures with crystalline poeticism and perfect authenticity of place the ways in which ordinary life astounds us with its complexity. A teenaged girl with a taste for violence holds a burglar hostage in her house on New Year s Eve; a middle aged couple examines the intricacies of their marriage as they prepare to throw a party; and a real estate mogul in the throes of grief buys up all the property on an island only to be accused of madness by his daughters. These stories, told with economy and precision, infused with humor and pathos, excavate brilliantly the latent desires and motivations that drive life forward. Eveningland is a luminous collection from a writer of the first rank. (Esquire)"
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rmaclean4
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I enjoyed this short story collection set in Mobile Alabama. There is a charm to Michael Knights writing that echoes back to the past. 3 🌟

rmaclean4 Tjis was my #bookspin for May. @TheAromaofBooks 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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KathyWheeler
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This collection of short stories gets a pick for two reasons — the quality of the writing and the final story, Landfall. Most of the stories really draw you in, but then they just fail with the ending. None have real resolutions, but it is only in Landfall that Knight deftly handles this lack of resolution.

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KathyWheeler
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I‘m assuming by “graphitied,” Knight meant “graffitied.” This seems like more than just a typo though, more like he really thinks it‘s spelled that way and no one corrected it. Picture was just part of my day outside today.

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KathyWheeler
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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This collection of stories is set where I live and it‘s available on Hoopla, so I checked it out. I hope it‘s good.

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Kappadeemom
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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It looks like a hurricane hit my dining room 😂😂

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Kappadeemom
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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Whoever said this was the “busiest reading day” must be nuts. After spending 14 hours in Publix (where shopping was not a pleasure), and cooking all day, it‘s time for a Traveler Grapefruit beer while waiting on one.more.thing. to come out of the oven.

Bklover Thank you. I have been thinking the same thing. Between shopping for tomorrow‘s dinner and planning for tomorrow‘s dinner and cleaning for tomorrow‘s dinner I‘m not sure when I‘m supposed to read!! 6y
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Kappadeemom
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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I‘m digging this cover - it looks like it was drawn with one continuous line. A book of short stories set in Alabama. Sounds good to this Georgia girl 😍🍑

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MidnightBookGirl
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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I really love the simplicity of this cover (and the stories are wonderful). It turns out the author's wife designed it! #FallIntoBooks #shortstories
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RealLifeReading That's such a great cover! 7y
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GAustin
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#tonighttonight for #90sinjuly this collection of short stories comes to mind and has earned a spot on my TBR.

Cinfhen This collection sounds intense ~ nice choice🙌🏻 7y
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Well-ReadNeck
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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daena Love your choices! 7y
AlexGeorge Yay! Honored to be on this list in such amazing company! Thank you!! 7y
Gezemice Nice list! I read very few new books, and it helps me to choose the few I read, 7y
merelybookish Fun list! I've read 3 of your picks and especially loved The Idiot. 7y
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SMM
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Didn't know what to expect - only one story in and loving it.

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Carleneishere
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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Recovering from my wisdom teeth removal with Leon Bridges, milkshakes and a book of short stories about my future home. #sickday

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AllisonMP
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Stories all of a type, but a lovely quick read.

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LisaJo
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Michael Knight spoke at the Alabama Book Festival. He also read short portions of three of the stories from Eveningland. He should read his own audiobooks, seriously.

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LauraBeth
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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Picked this up on a lark and dang do these Bama stories ring familiar! ❤️

LeahBergen This sounds so good! 7y
rmaclean4 I got to hear Michael Knight read from this collection the day it was published. I am excited to get to this one. Have you read his other works? 7y
OffTheBeatenShelf.com I need to read this. I'm a Midwest-marooned Southerner and even though I know Alabama is a fucked up place I still miss it sometimes. Home is a complicated thing sometimes. 7y
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LauraBeth @LeahBergen it was a pleasant surprise! 7y
LauraBeth @rmaclean4 I haven't, but now I'm interested to read his other works! 7y
LauraBeth @OffTheBeatenShelf.com I understand and can relate! Home can definitely be complicated. If you're a Southern native, then you'll probably enjoy this 😀 7y
Kappadeemom I just finished this and really enjoyed it :) 6y
LauraBeth @Kappadeemom just got back from Macon so now I feel I should read this again 😂 6y
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tysephine
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I have never read a book that so closely connected me to my roots. I am amazed at this collection and am going to have to buy it when the price goes down.

I guess I should go return it to the library now, since it was due back yesterday.

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MidnightBookGirl
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Just finished the last story. Really loved the melancholy beauty of these short stories. Can't wait to meet the author later this month at @FountainBookstore

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tysephine
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight

I really, really want to buy this but everywhere has it full price only. I just can't make myself spend $25 on a book, no matter how bad I want it 😕

tysephine Just put it on hold at the library, so I don't have to wait for the paperback edition 🙌 7y
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MidnightBookGirl
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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Gorgeous day for reading outside!

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MidnightBookGirl
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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Enjoying a morning off with Starbucks and #shortstories. #CurrentlyReading

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MidnightBookGirl
Eveningland: Stories | Michael Knight
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I don't often get to read at work, but the author is coming later this month so it's work related! Loving it so far! #shortstories #indiebookstore

Lea That cover design is cool 7y
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Misanthropester
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Each of these short stories (7 in all) is achingly bland & ultimately forgettable. Taking Mobile, Alabama as their setting feels like the only uniqueness but even that fails to rise even to the level of local color.

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FountainBookstore
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The raspberry fingers are just to make you look at this book. (And you are totally going to do this the next time you get raspberries, right?)

Knight is in the rare class of writers who are able to put into words the feelings for which, until now, we have had no way to express.

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Well-ReadNeck
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#2017MostAnticipated #SeasonsReadings2016

First up: here are some 2017 releases which I have already read (and highly recommend) via ARCs. 🎉

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Well-ReadNeck
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Absolutely loved this story collection from Michael Knight. I read an egalley (Thanks #netgalley) and prefer to read real books of stories so I can choose the length etc. I really like the order and pace and that the final story is long. Not out until March, but put it in your radar or order the galley those of you on those services. A fabulous collection!

OffTheBeatenShelf.com Thanks for putting this on my radar! I'm from Alabama, so the cover definitely caught my eye. 7y
Well-ReadNeck @OffTheBeatenShelf.com you will especially appreciate it, being from Alabama. I'm originally from rural Virginia and live in Atlanta and loved the sense of place in these stories. 7y
mrsh62010 I'm from Alabama too! Can't wait to check it out! 7y
Kimzey I'm in Alabama. Looking forward to this. Have any of you read The Typist? It's on my "to read" list. 7y
alanacristin Another Alabama girl who is now keen to read it! I was was in Virginia awhile too 😉 7y
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