Noy Holland is the author of The Spectacle of the Body and What Begins with Bird. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacDowell Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Praise for The Spectacle of the Body: "Ms. Holland habitually
challenges the usual limits of language, but the effects of her
exuberance are never precious and often turn suddenly into beauty;
her characters portray themselves in a discourse that is startling
but genuine, the secret syntax of real lives." --William Ferguson,
New York Times Book Review
"In wonderfully cadenced and concise prose, Swim for the Little One
First cracks the chests of struggling lives to show the hearts
beating within. These stories of difficulty are not sentimental,
nor are they artificially cold: they are wonderfully, nakedly
human." --Brian Evenson, author of The Wavering Knife
"The syncopated rhythms of Noy Holland's rapturous prose jolt the
heart and spark the senses. If you can bear to explore the limits
of your own compassion, open this book to 'Blood Country' or 'Milk
River.' You cannot prepare yourself: you can only surrender."
--Melanie Rae Thon, author of The Voice of the River and In This
Light
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