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Advance Praise for An Indiana Christmas

“An Indiana Christmas is a real treat, a guest list for the ideal Hoosier literary Yuletide dinner party … old friends sharing the table with charming new company. Any home in the state would do itself proud to have this delightful book placed above the hearth, at the ready for aloud sampling throughout the holiday season.”

—Nathan Montoya, Proprietor, Village Lights Bookstore

“A grand and thrilling selection of Hoosier writing presented through the fraught lens of Christmas. Both the new voices and the Pulitzer Prize winners here remind us of the dangers of nostalgia while also giving license to the deepest pleasures of memory. This is a fascinating and utterly enjoyable read, and I’m sure I’ll pick it up again over many Christmases to come.”

—Michael Dahlie, author of A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living

“The stories, poems, and essays in An Indiana Christmas will stay with you long after reading, no matter the season. The anthology brings to life all manner of Hoosiers: bearing casseroles, pierogi, and trifles; snowblowing neighbors’ driveways just because; losing and finding religion; and posing as Santa or his grinchy counterpart. You’ll see yourself in this book made by, for, and about people searching for identity in a place as complex as any.”

—Sarah Layden, author of Trip Through Your Wires

“In this anthology, Furuness has successfully captured both the uniqueness and the universality of an Indiana Christmas. Some experiences—like a child’s wish for a Red Ryder BB gun—transcend time, age, and circumstance; others—like Susan Neville’s depiction of a country Christmas party—remind longtime Hoosiers of holiday gatherings as reprieves from dark, cold nights in a ‘landlocked state.’ The collection brings Indiana’s great writers—past and present—into conversation with each other, exploring the way in which this special time of year connects us with community and, ultimately, brings us home.”

—Megan Telligman, Program Manager, Indiana Humanities