David Searcy

Praise for Shame and Wonder

Shame and Wonder is a work of genius. A very particular kind of genius, to be sure, one that bides more comfortably with questions, potentialities, mysteries and wonders than with the hard and fast answers t ...

Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

David Searcy reminds us what voice means and why it’s useful. We can hear something here, something achieved and distinctive. A writer has figured out how to bring the style of his prose into near-perfect alignment ...

John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead

Reading David Searcy isn’t like reading anyone else. Following the path of his thoughts is endlessly surprising. I will keep thinking about the inquisitive intelligence of this book for the rest of my life.

Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams

Shame and Wonder is a work of genius. A very particular kind of genius, to be sure, one that bides more comfortably with questions, potentialities, mysteries and wonders than with the hard and fast answers t ...

Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

David Searcy reminds us what voice means and why it’s useful. We can hear something here, something achieved and distinctive. A writer has figured out how to bring the style of his prose into near-perfect alignment ...

John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead

Reading David Searcy isn’t like reading anyone else. Following the path of his thoughts is endlessly surprising. I will keep thinking about the inquisitive intelligence of this book for the rest of my life.

Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams

Shame and Wonder is a work of genius. A very particular kind of genius, to be sure, one that bides more comfortably with questions, potentialities, mysteries and wonders than with the hard and fast answers t ...

Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

David Searcy reminds us what voice means and why it’s useful. We can hear something here, something achieved and distinctive. A writer has figured out how to bring the style of his prose into near-perfect alignment ...

John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead

Reading David Searcy isn’t like reading anyone else. Following the path of his thoughts is endlessly surprising. I will keep thinking about the inquisitive intelligence of this book for the rest of my life.

Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams