'Leonard Michael's stories stand alongside those of his best Jewish contemporaries - Grace Paley &nd Philip Roth... To be read again and again.' Mona Simpson, The New York Times Book Review

During his lifetime, Leonard Michaels (1933-2003) 'inhabited a middle zone between writers' writer and cult hero' (Entertainment Weekly). The Collected Stories reveals the true stature of this major American author. It gathers his short fiction in one volume, from the astonishing debut Going Places (1969) to his final triumph, the 'Nachmann' stories, uncollected at the time of his death.

'As good as any writer you're likely to run across.' Alex Abramovitch, Bookforum

'These stories feel fresh because of Michael's ability to dig deep into the sticky morass of love and personal relationships... and to highlight all the ways we connect or fail to.' Lynell George, Los Angeles Times Book Review

'One of his generation's most gifted writers... [Michael's] five decades of short fiction argue effortless for a place beside the work of America's paragons of the story form.' Wyatt Mason, Harpers'Magazine