I've just read "Museum of the Americas" and really loved it. In Museum of the Americas, Gary Lee Miller presents a remarkable collection of stories that push the boundaries between the real and the fantastic, the universe that is seen and the one that is invisible. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Gary has good art in his writing. MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS is the best book I've read in a long time.
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He treats his craft with the same respect he treats the characters he brings to life. In Miller's world leaves are "scattered on the sharp green of the yard like shards of broken varnish." Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Pick up the book in a bookstore and read the story "Benefits." William Faulkner meets Roald Dahl is my way of describing the style of my new favorite author, Gary Lee Miller. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Please try again. Miller is a truly gifted writer with a keen awareness of the human condition. museo_america_1.jpg. I've just read "Museum of the Americas" and really loved it. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Great selection of stories.
With this collection, he opens his cabinet of curiosities to us. Museum of the Americas. If Carver's short story collection "Where I'm Calling From" married Dubus' "Finding a Girl in America," and they have a child, it would be Gary Miller's "Museum of the Americas," which would also be a cousin to Cheever's "Collected Stories" and Don Pollock's "KnockemStiff." Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Miller's book has found a home in that section. Gary s music writing can be found in Seven Days, Vermont s weekly source for arts, culture, and politics. The book seller won't mind you reading in the store, because you'll finish reading that story and buy the book to read _all_ the stories. Please try your request again later.Each of these stories ushers us into a new, fully imagined world, as redolent of elsewhere as the soil samples in the Museum of the Americas, and Miller evokes those elsewheres with sharp observation and colloquial ease. A good story well told is the goal of all writers and Gary Miller nails them one after another in his collection, Museum of the Americas. Intrigued? --Margot Harrison, Words to note: Gary Lee Miller's name is going to be recognized in American letters for a very long time.
Miller's book of short stories is a quick read, but one that stayed with me long after I finished it. 27563672_141201094710_adj.jpg. It is at once a natural history of American racism and colonialism, utterly devastating in its cumulative impact, and a gorgeous mash-up of genres and forms: bold, light, and ruthlessly smart. I have been a fan of his writing ever since. The stories are varied in setting, and a cast of memorable narrators takes the stage: the owner of a roadside museum of -- wait for it -- dirt samples; the daughter of Gypsies living in 1960s Boston; a has-been high school star pitcher who now hides inside the costume for his local team's mascot -- a blue hen -- from which he can concurrently stalk his ex-girlfriend and torture her current love interest, the team's shortstop.
Yes, and most of his similes are unique and jarring. Description. Information. Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2015 I laughed, I cried, I admired. An elderly magician concealing a devastating secret. There are no easy answers here, no moralistic judgments, just people struggling against stacked odds to bring redemption to their lives. We are experiencing technical difficulties. His kept me up and reading happily until I woke up with it splayed on my neck. Enjoy! Congrats to Miller for contributing to the best tradition of American story telling. Praise for Museum of the Americas: "Diorama-like, this book displays what has been, in American culture, displayed, and thereby displaced. Praise for Museum of the Americas: “Diorama-like, this book displays what has been, in American culture, displayed, and thereby displaced. In one story he tells of window frames being "pulled out like bad teeth," while in another, old stationary is "brittle as the husk of a dead wasp." -- Steve Almond The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.