Beyond grateful for this beautiful review by Teresa Tumminello Brader in MER Literary Journal of The Geography of First Kisses, in which the stories feel truly seen and are called “an exquisitely rendered collection.” The review begins:
“The Geography of First Kisses, winner of Kallisto Gaia Press’s Acacia Prize, is a collection of fourteen short stories by Karin Cecile Davidson, author of the novel Sybelia Drive. The stories vary in that they are told from different perspectives, span the mid-fifties to today, and are set in locales ranging from Gulf Coast states to Midwest prairies, with a couple of stops outside U.S. borders. The constants are the lyrical and layered prose, and the focus on girls and young women. Whether these characters come down Lucinda Williams’s gravel road of the epigraph or visit the outskirts of Tallahassee, they are attuned to and act in response to the inherent dangers and beauties of their environments, whether to their benefit or detriment.”
To read more, follow this link to the review at MER: Motherhood, Literature, & Art.