Gravity

by Michael Davis

Although the stories in Gravity operate from the perspective of male speakers, the experiences they describe are as much about women as men. Bound up in them is the assumption that everything in life depends on being solvent, employed, and generally needed. These things constitute the gravity, or the seriousness, of one's situation―that which holds a person's life together and makes it mean something.

Genres: Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

Reviews

[Avid Reader]

Davis is a brilliant, skillful new fiction writer, taking his reader on an active, engaged emotional roller coaster. I felt my head split open at the end of some of his stories, all the while laughing and moaning simultaneously. Davis' stories are smart, hilarious, and yet with great depth of insight into the layered, complex human condition. He takes fiction into new spaces, and is truly a great artist. Highly recommended!

[A.B. Neilly]

A collection of stories that dwells in the human affairs with subtlety. Universal subjects like what is the place we occupy in the social structure or how do we deal with cruelty are part of this collection. High quality destilled in small dosis.