Empty Pockets - by Dale Herd (Paperback)

About the Book

Easy Rider short fiction--gritty, unsparing snapshots of just getting by in barrooms and diners on the margins of 1970s America.

Book Synopsis

Easy Rider short fiction--gritty, unsparing snapshots of just getting by in barrooms and diners on the margins of America.

From high school love notes to a drug runner's day; from a motel room abortion to a cross-country breakup, Dale Herd's stories travel the backroads of America to present us with postcard revelations of life as it is lived.

Review Quotes

"A world takes place here with extraordinary economy: articulate, fragile, heartfelt." --Robert Creeley

"Herd's pieces are tightly crafted, many honing in on a single scene or conversation. His sharp prose cuts cleanly in and out of the lives of his myriad protagonists." --Foxing Review

"If you love to read, you'll be thinking, This is what words in a story ought to do." --Electric Literature

"Dale Herd's writing has affected the way I look at the world, as well as opening me up to one more possibility of how to transform the world into words, and his books certainly deserve a place on the highest shelf." --American Book Review

"Empty Pockets provides a fine overview to the work of a writer whose work eludes easy description, but remains ahead of its time. Whether in his blending of the traditional and the experimental, or in distilling stories down to a precisely phrased form, these stories offer plenty to savor." --The Star Tribune

About the Author

Dale Herd is the author of three short story collections: Early Morning Wind (The Four Seasons Foundation, 1972), Diamonds (Mudra, 1976), and Wild Cherries (Tombouctou, 1980). He currently lives in California.