These People Are Us: Stories

Once you start reading George Singleton's eagerly awaited first book of stories, a strange thing happens: You discover that the characters sound like people you know--people who are trying hard to make sense of modern absurdities. With a style all his own, Singleton fashions a world that wins our hearts but teases our senses: how to find a black-market sonogram so your pregnant wife won't find out you accidentally taped over the original; how to help your father and everyone else in town fake being hit by a tornado to get emergency government funds; and why not to look for your next wife at your local recycling center. Step into Singleton's world and you'll see why he is earning a reputation as one of the funniest, wisest, and most surprising Southern writers of his generation--and why he was named one of the "new writers you need to know" by Book Magazine.

George Singleton holds a degree in philosophy from Furman University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Nearly seventy of his stories have been published nationally in magazines and anthologies. Singleton teaches writing at South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. He lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with the clay artist Glenda Guion and their eleven dogs and one cat.