scott county, indiana
fire prayers at hiroshima
fireworks in missouri
objects, shadows, abstractions
the vogue
faces in indianapolis
bicycles in hiroshima
the orchestra
ghosts wearing clothes in a tunnel a mile from hell
books in print
- praying drunk, winner of the 2015 story prize spotlight award
- italian edition of praying drunk (mentre cado, ricordati di me, translated by susanna bourlot, 2016)
- in the devil’s territory (2008)
bio
kyle minor is the author of praying drunk, winner of the 2015 story prize spotlight award. recent stories, essays, interviews, and reviews appear online and in print in best american mystery stories, best american nonrequired reading, esquire, the atlantic, salon, iowa review, missouri review, story magazine, and the new york times book review.
selected post-praying drunk work in print
- “a kidnapping in koulev-ville,” a short story, in the normal school, reprinted in best american mystery stories, and streamed through the new york public library subway stories series
- “the uber diaries,” an essay, in new ohio review
- “amputation and the angels,” a novella, in story magazine
- “the secret to happiness,” a novella, in missouri review
- “notes on harm reduction,” an essay, in make magazine chicago
- “night at the fiestas,” a review of kirstin valdez quade’s terrific story collection, in the new york times book review
- “soldier,” a novella co-written with james yoder, forthcoming in booth
- “mild blue dream,” a story, forthcoming in gulf coast
- “suspended,” a reprinted story, forthcoming in best of brevity
- additional stories, essays, poems, and miscellany in bennington review, outlook springs, hobart, relief journal, ocean state review, saw palm, arkansas international, acm: another chicago magazine, the believer logger, and tin house online
some recent preoccupations
lynsey addario, it’s what i do: a photographer’s life of love and war.
bong joon ho, parasite.
denis johnson, angels.
konagada, vimeo video essays.
yiyun li, what has that to do with me.
peter morgan, the crown.
katherine anne porter, pale horse, pale rider.
dee rees, the last thing he wanted.
josh and benny safdie, daddy longlegs, goldman v silverman, good time, heaven knows what, and uncut gems.
fifty favorite jazz albums
- moanin’, art blakey and the jazz messengers
- somethin’ else, cannonball adderley
- black saint and the sinner lady, charles mingus
- kind of blue, miles davis
- sketches of spain, miles davis
- blue train, john coltrane
- out to lunch, eric dolphy
- bitches brew, miles davis
- pastel blues, nina simone
- mingus mingus mingus mingus mingus, charles mingus
- time out, dave brubeck quartet
- the shape of jazz to come, ornette coleman
- mingus ah-um, charles mingus
- head hunters, herbie hancock
- back at the chicken shack, jimmy smith
- money jungle, duke ellington w/charles mingus & max roach
- brilliant corners, thelonius monk
- monk’s dream, thelonius monk
- giant steps, john coltrane
- out there, eric dolphy
- song for my father, horace silver
- the clown, charles min
- pithecanthropus erectus, charles mingus
- root down, jimmy smith
- the sidewinder, lee morgan
- saxophone colossus, sonny rollins
- blues and the abstract truth, oliver nelson
- circle in the round, miles davis
- kelan philip cohran & the hypnotic brass ensemble
- outward bound, eric dolphy
- getz/gilberto, stanley getz & joao gilberto
- blow-up soundtrack, herbie hancock
- bridge, sonny rollins
- art blakey’s jazz messengers with thelonius monk
- big beat, art blakey
- unit structures, cecil taylor
- free jazz, ornette coleman
- atlantis, sun ra
- vibrations, albert ayler
- a love supreme, john coltrane
- open sesame, freddie hubbard
- roots & herb, art blakey
- our man in paris, dexter gordon
- ready for freddie, freddie hubbard
- afro-cuban, kenny dorham
- the sermon, jimmy smith
- jack johnson, miles davis
- one flight up, dexter gordon
- soul station, hank mobley
- jazz advance, cecil taylor
