Joyriders

"Joyriders is hands-down the best collection I've read this year. Schutz is a worthy successor to that brilliant line of contemporary American short story writers that includes Charles Baxter, Richard Bausch and Ann Beattie."—Peter Ho Davies, author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself
 
"The stories in this ambitious debut set amid the harsh beauty of the upper Midwest and Appalachia have been chiseled and worked down until every detail gleams with the authenticity of life. But what really thrills you is their sweep—in a few pages Greg Schutz can give you not just a life but a whole family’s life, with all they’ve endured and finally overcome. A book of resilience."—Salvatore Scibona, author of The End and The Volunteer
 
"Greg Schutz is one of my favorite writers out there, and Joyriders is a marvel of a debut collection. These stories possess a mesmerizing clarity about the joys and hardships of relationships, parenthood, loss, and adolescence. Schutz’s writing is a lesson in radical generosity, toward language and toward people; his prose is exquisite and expansive, and each character—however flawed, however brief their appearance—is compelling and wonderfully alive on the page. I love this book!"—Sara Schaff, author of The Invention of Love
 
"Joyriders is a book full of love, redemption, and grace. Tenderness sits right beside remorse, as bullets get spent, bottles drunk, and combines drag more than fields of corn. Much like Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones, these stories are larger on the inside than on the page and expand exponentially within the reader’s mind, long after the final word. Heartwooded by unforgettable characters, flawless details, palpable setting, and subtle lyricism, Joyriders is a genuine triumph."—Nami Mun, author of Miles from Nowhere

“These elegant, sure-footed stories draw you in with their craft and beauty and resonate with genuine human feeling. Joyriders, with its complex plotting and full-blooded characters, is an impressive and continuously surprising collection.”—Sabina Murray, author of Valiant Gentlemen, a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book