What people are saying.

“Told in the same lean, true style as Hemingway…this could well be the lifeline people struggling can hold onto as they try to find their own higher ground.”

— Holly Gleason, American Music Critic / Journalist — Rolling Stone, New York Times, Spin

Rawlings is better than 90% of writers out there.

“Her pain is visceral and familiar. It comes through in the short stories as effectively as in the poems…They have a rhythm that is reminiscent of Bukowski...”

“What is really interesting, though, is the honesty with which she portrays each everyday incident. This one gets you in its grips and doesn’t let go.”