Gainesville

by Colin Winnette, Brian Evenson (foreword)

Written in a seamless, entrancing style, Gainesville follows the twisted branches of a restless family tree in a small Texas town. Originally published in the novella collection, Fondly, this new edition features a foreword by Brian Evenson.




"This is a book I first read at a formidable time, in a driftless, listless post-college haze. I've since thought about these characters, this family, consistently in the last ten plus years, recommending Gainesville to anyone I knew who needed a little commiseration. I'm thrilled to bring Gainesville back into print so this family's hapless lineage can live on." 

- Joshua Bohnsack, publisher

132 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 9, 2024

About the author

Colin Winnette is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. He is the author of several works of fiction: Revelation (Mutable Sound 2011), Animal Collection (Spork Press 2012), Fondly (Atticus Books 2013), Coyote (Les Figues Press 2015), and Haints Stay (Two Dollar Radio 2015). His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Playboy, Lucky Peach, The American Reader, The Believer, Gulf Coast Magazine, and 9th Letter. He was the winner of Les Figues Press's 2013 NOS Book Contest, for his novel Coyote.

Reviews

[Joshua Bohnsack · Rating 5 out of 5]

I published this. I’ve been thinking about it since I read it ten years ago.

[Dave]

I liked that it followed several generations of a dysfunctional family, but it all seemed to take place in the present, and there was no trying to justify it. That's just how it is. I didn't like how repetitive the writing was. I'm not going to go back and do the math on this, but it seemed like an overwhelming majority of the sentences started with a name or a pronoun.