You Won't Remember This
Kate Blackwell’s story collection has been released by Southern Methodist University 
Press. (248 pp., $22.50)
In an essay-review in the current GEORGIA REVIEW (winter 2007, vol LXI, no.4), Kathleen Snodgrass writes:
"Although these beautifully crafted stories ... are not linked or looped by recurring characters or settings, an overarching theme draws them together ... Steeliness and grit arise from Blackwell's skill at ferreting out what her characters would just as soon not remember of how they really feel about home and family life ... As Blackwell demonstrates in these wonderfully satisfying stories, moving on---moving away from home---doesn't come easily, if at all." Read more...
"Author Kate Blackwell has a gift for shining a spotlight on the complexities of mundane people and places. In her debut work of fiction - a collection of short stories called "You Won't Remember This" - she introduces her readers to the seemingly ordinary and gives "forgettable" characters emotional depth and mystery."
(Interview with Frank Stasio on THE STATE OF THINGS, NPR, July 13, 2007)