Sherrie Flick’s debut novel RECONSIDERING HAPPINESS is out with University of Nebraska Press (2009). I CALL THIS FLIRTING, her awarding-winning chapbook of flash fiction, was published in 2004 (Flume Press). Her work appears in the anthologies FLASH FICTION FORWARD (Norton) and NEW SUDDEN FICTION (Norton) as well as THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH FICTION. A recipient of a PA Council on the Arts grant and residencies from the Ucross Foundation and Atlantic Center for the Arts, she lives in Pittsburgh where she teaches and works as a freelance writer and editor. For 10 years, she served as Artistic Director for the Gist Street Reading Series. www.giststreet.org
This book is funny, charming, thought provoking and fast paced. The seemingly silly recurrence of a bear main character makes deeper, more serious truths about the human condition a little easier to swallow. It’s funnier in a bear suit. Sherrie Flick can paint an entire neighborhood in just a few strokes, and there are dozens of worlds to slip into in this book. Highly recommend, and I’ll be looking for more of her work!