"There is always a roiling subtext beneath the seemingly placid surfaces and tones of Chinquee's pieces, a dichotomy which speaks to deep truths about the human condition. Kim Chinquee is a true artist with a true vision, and Pretty is a brilliant book."—Robert Olen Butler
"These brief snapshots of conversations manage to seem not like fragments of lost wholes but like vivid distillations of essential dramas, each a variation on the shared subject of thwarted intimacy."—Carl Dennis
Kim Chinquee lives in Buffalo, New York, where she teaches creative writing. Oh Baby is her first book of flash fiction.
Anonymous
Posted December 6, 2011
This is a nice collection but I know it is not for everyone. Flash Fiction and Poetry in and of themselves aren't for everyone though. Some of the pieces capture really nice detail and particularly strong emotions where others leave you scratching your head. If you like answers laid out for you this isn't the book for you, but if you have read anything from the Quick Fiction journal and like those, you will probably love this.It says it is a collection of Flash Fiction and Narrative Poetry, but most of them feel more like poems than stories. The language is nice.
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"There is always a roiling subtext beneath the seemingly placid surfaces and tones of Chinquee's pieces, a dichotomy which speaks to deep truths about the human condition. Kim Chinquee is a true artist with a true vision, and Pretty is a brilliant book."—Robert Olen Butler
"These brief snapshots of conversations manage to seem not like fragments of lost wholes but like vivid distillations of essential dramas, each a variation on the shared subject of thwarted intimacy."—Carl ...