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Praise for Dale Herd:
"A world takes place here with extraordinary economy: articulate, fragile, heartfelt."—Robert Creeley
"Dale Herd's writing has affected the way I look at the world, as well as opening me up to one more possibility of how to transform the world into words, and his books certainly deserve a place on the highest shelf."—American Book Review
From high school love notes to a drug runner's day; from a boy's first fistfight to the unexpected aftermath of a woman's first experience of marijuana, Dale Herd's stories travel the backroads, sending postcards of life as it is lived.
Price: $15.95
Pages: 228
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publication Date:
03 February 2015
Trim Size: 8.25 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781566893770
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
"Herd’s pieces are tightly crafted, many honing in on a single scene or conversation. His sharp prose cuts cleanly in and out of the lives of his myriad protagonists.”—The Foxing Review
“Empty Pockets collects nineteen new and sixty-four previously published stories from one of America's masters of the form.”—Largehearted Boy
“Nineteen new stories by Herd join the sixty-four selected picks, making for a fictional world that is uniquely his.”—Lively Arts
"Empty Pockets provides a fine overview to the work of a writer whose work eludes easy description, but remains ahead of its time. Whether in his blending of the traditional and the experimental, or in distilling stories down to a precisely phrased form, these stories offer plenty to savor."—Star Tribune
“The seemingly simple beauty of the language sets “Handcrafted Dolls” apart. There is no flash here, just verbal magic of a special type. If you love to read, you’ll be thinking, This is what words in a story ought to do.”—Electric Literature
"There is no one better at the short story than Dale Herd. Unmatched for candor, swiftness, scale of incident . . . The immediacy you feel is of the particular moment taken and followed. Fortunately, a goodly sampling of what he's been up to over the past forty-something years is bound together in the new Empty Pockets. Dale is a writer to converse with, always good to hear."—Bird & Beckett Bookstore
“Herd is still one of the great prose stylists and most economical of story tellers (some of his stories are half a page) and a master of creating characters and the lives they live, and the world they live them in, with a simple page long monologue or a page and a half of dialogue, or less.”—Lally's Alley
"Herd's anonymity has made discovering Empty Pockets even more special, like finding the next great band and hearing them play in a hole in the wall bar instead of a sold out arena."—Queen Mobs Teahouse
“Join me in re-discovering this gritty, unsparing and fresh voice.”—The Quivering Pen
“Empty Pockets collects nineteen new and sixty-four previously published stories from one of America's masters of the form.”—Largehearted Boy
“Nineteen new stories by Herd join the sixty-four selected picks, making for a fictional world that is uniquely his.”—Lively Arts
"Empty Pockets provides a fine overview to the work of a writer whose work eludes easy description, but remains ahead of its time. Whether in his blending of the traditional and the experimental, or in distilling stories down to a precisely phrased form, these stories offer plenty to savor."—Star Tribune
“The seemingly simple beauty of the language sets “Handcrafted Dolls” apart. There is no flash here, just verbal magic of a special type. If you love to read, you’ll be thinking, This is what words in a story ought to do.”—Electric Literature
"There is no one better at the short story than Dale Herd. Unmatched for candor, swiftness, scale of incident . . . The immediacy you feel is of the particular moment taken and followed. Fortunately, a goodly sampling of what he's been up to over the past forty-something years is bound together in the new Empty Pockets. Dale is a writer to converse with, always good to hear."—Bird & Beckett Bookstore
“Herd is still one of the great prose stylists and most economical of story tellers (some of his stories are half a page) and a master of creating characters and the lives they live, and the world they live them in, with a simple page long monologue or a page and a half of dialogue, or less.”—Lally's Alley
"Herd's anonymity has made discovering Empty Pockets even more special, like finding the next great band and hearing them play in a hole in the wall bar instead of a sold out arena."—Queen Mobs Teahouse
“Join me in re-discovering this gritty, unsparing and fresh voice.”—The Quivering Pen
Dale Herd is the author of three short story collections: Early Morning Wind(The Four Seasons Foundation, 1972), Diamonds (Mudra, 1976), and Wild Cherries (Tombouctou, 1980). He currently lives in California.