kyle minor – stories, photographs, films

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.
ryszard kapuscinski, another day of life
konagada, vimeo video essays.
olivia laing, the lonely city
yiyun li, what has that to do with me.
peter morgan, the crown.
murch and ondaatje, the conversations
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

ole, john coltrane
black saint and the sinner lady, charles mingus
brilliant corners, thelonius monk
sketches of spain, miles davis
the shape of jazz to come, ornette coleman
bitches brew, miles davis
time for tyner, mccoy tyner
song for my father, horace silver
kelan philip cohran & the hypnotic brass ensemble
blues and the abstract truth, oliver nelson
thelonious monk, thelonious monk trio
cubana be, cubana bop (compilation), dizzy gillespie
gulag orkestar, beirut
time out, dave brubeck quartet
somethin’ else, cannonball adderley
moanin’, art blakey and the jazz messengers
kind of blue, miles davis
out to lunch, eric dolphy
pastel blues, nina simone
head hunters, herbie hancock
mingus mingus mingus mingus mingus, charles mingus
sahara, mccoy tyner
mingus ah-um, charles mingus
back at the chicken shack, jimmy smith
monk’s dream, thelonius monk
electric bath, don ellis orchestra
ascenseur pour l’echafaud, miles davis
the clown, charles mingus
pithecanthropus erectus, charles mingus
root down, jimmy smith
the sidewinder, lee morgan
blue train, john coltrane
a love supreme, john coltrane
in pursuit of the 27th man, horace silver
the real mccoy, mccoy tyner
live-evil, miles davis
jack johnson, miles davis
unit structures, cecil taylor
big band bossa nova, quincy jones
oh yeah, charles mingus
underground, thelonious monk
money jungle, ellington mingus & roach
blow-up soundtrack, herbie hancock
saxophone colossus, sonny rollins
illumination!, elvin jones
self-titled, clifford brown and max roach
study in brown, clifford brown
the sermon, jimmy smith
afro-cuban, kenny dorham
jazz advance, cecil taylor
*updated monthly