1. I’m now answering any and all anonymous questions at Formspring.me/devilsterritory. 2. I’ve finished a few new full-length stories, essays, and novellas. Titles include: “In a Distant Country,” “Navel Gazing,” “The Xi Sisters,” “Here is a Story Where Nobody Dies,” “Dwell Time,” and “There Is Nothing But Sadness in Nashville.” 3. Three manuscripts in various stages of [...]
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March 28, 2010
Chimpanzees in Bangui, Central African Republic, Reading In the Devil’s Territory
Former student, friend, and UN aid worker Karen O’Reilly carried a copy of In the Devil’s Territory with her when she moved to the Central African Republic. These chimpanzees found it in her bag. Of all readers, they are now my favorites.
March 9, 2010
The Truth and All Its Ugly
My story “The Truth all All Its Ugly” is featured this week at Fifty-Two Stories, the new “Fiction Delivery Service” from Harper Collins.
January 24, 2010
A Kidnapping in Haiti
On January 17, 2007, a gang of armed kidnappers broke down Francky and Tania Désir’s front door near the village of Callebasse, Haiti, in the mountains just south of Port-au-Prince. They abducted the Désirs’ 2-year-old daughter Fabby and held her for $200,000 ransom. For 5 days, the Désirs did not know if they would ever [...]
August 9, 2009
News, Summer 2009
Today marks the launch of the redesigned website, and the end of a hectic twelve months or so. This time last year, I was preparing for the release of my first book, In the Devil’s Territory, and for the 25-city tour that accompanied it. Since then, I’ve done over 60 readings in 26 cities — [...]
August 8, 2009
Praise for In The Devil’s Territory
“In the Devil’s Territory is a brilliant and electrifying debut from one of America’s best young writers. Filled with grace and wisdom, Kyle Minor’s bold, compassionate stories burn deep into the eternal mysteries and violent truths of the human experience with the force of a welding torch cranked to the max. I would walk through [...]
