title: Bull: And Other Stories
author:  Kathy Anderson 
description: Anderson&apos;s greatest achievement is successfully avoiding the redundancy of plot or character that plagues some debut story collections. Her characters range in age from child to elderly, country kids to international travelers. Anderson writes Salty, a &quot;minimum-wage poor&quot; working man, with the same clarity and compassion she has for two sisters taking a final journey together, an abandoned wife, and a highly-educated librarian. These stories bring robust insight and humor to lives that might otherwise go unnoticed. Rachel Mack, Necessary Fiction<div></div> <div>necessaryfiction.com/reviews/BullandOtherStoriesbyKathyAnderson</div><br /><br />. . . the moments that feel truly new in Bull and Other Stories come when Anderson ascends an implausibility and tips it over into the fabulistic. She has lots of fun burlesquing the well-to-do: a histrionic lesbian power couple tormenting their realtor and each other, a pair of unhappy yuppie parents dining out with their bearded baby girl. - See more at: lambdaliterary.org/reviews/02/27/bull-and-other-stories-by-kathy-anderson/#sthash.q6yqW07j.dpuf<br /><br />Kathy Anderson has the enchanting ability to pull us into a very odd situation, make it work, and then push it to its furtherest (but natural) conclusion --- one that doesn&apos;t just evolve, but is right. RALPH Magazine:ralphmag.org/IT/bull.html<br /><br />A witty, pithy, sharp, observant piece of life. D Ferrara. At the Inkwell, May 31, 2016attheinkwell.com/category/book-reviews/<br /><br /><div>These short stories pack an emotional punch and leave the reader feeling both pleasure and an immense feeling of loss. The collection asks the reader to move on, but the emotional weight stays with you long after you finish these stories. Mid-American Review (Volume XXXVI, Number 2) reviewer Katherine O&apos;Neill</div>
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