Jim Tomlinson's Reviews
Reviews of Jim’s Work
Aug.01.2006
Published by Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, this well-worked debut collection of 11 stories delineates life's wrenching milestones: divorce, moving, the death of a...
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Feb.07.2007
Published by El Paso Times
Sometimes in a Tomlinson tale, it's difficult to tell the winners from the losers, the resilient from the fragile. But his magic lies in the shadows of people's lives, those dark...
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Nov.23.2006
Published by New York Times
Like the landscape, Mr. Tomlinson’s characters in these 11 stories have harder edges. Their emotions are soaked in beer and obscured by the smoky haze of cigarettes. Potential...
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About Jim
Jim Tomlinson’s debut short story collection, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, won the 2006 Iowa Short Fiction Award. His work has appeared in Five Points, Potomac Review, Shenandoah, Bellevue Literary Review, The Pinch and elsewhere. His awards include a...