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Ben Loory’s short stories are long on imagination

By Michael Patrick Brady

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  August 09, 2011

In Ben Loory’s wild, dreamy debut collection of short stories, he explores the deepest recesses of the imagination, where even the most outlandish tales can yield profound insights. To say that disbelief must be suspended to appreciate Loory’s work would be an understatement; utter credulity is required. His stories have the maundering, free-associative quality of dreams, and follow their own peculiar logic.

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