"An entertaining work of exceptional vitality." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"The connective tissue of the stories, each of which is titled after its protagonist, is the characters' Indiana hamlet, friendly on the surface but riven with subterranean traumas . . . Fans of Hunt's previous small-town studies will appreciate these lovingly drawn portraits." --Publishers Weekly

"Hunt brings to life the complex and shared experiences of living in relationship to other people in his newest story collection . . . While the stories work as stand-alone pieces, they also form a beautiful whole. This is a loving portrait of small-town Middle America that resonates well beyond its borders." --Library Journal

"An ingeniously structured depiction of small-town life in rural Indiana, Float Up, Sing Down dignifies the ordinary people at the center of its stories, illuminating their secrets and desires in gently comedic ways that manage, too, to pierce us. Reminiscent of Joan Silber's work, this is a hopeful and poignant portrait of the intertwined lives that make a community. A miraculous puzzle of a collection." --Cara Blue Adams, author of YOU NEVER GET IT BACK

"What a delight to spend a day with the inhabitants of Bright Creek, their longings and lusts, their memories. Laird Hunt writes so brilliantly about the quotidian-why a woman would leave a tin of paprika on a gravestone; why a boy would be devoted to this headband-and in doing so, he reveals so much else. Float Up, Sing Down is a shimmering, magical book." --Margot Livesey, author of THE BOY IN THE FIELD

"One of Laird Hunt's many gifts is his ability to transport readers to small towns filled with the most fascinating, yet ordinary, characters. He has done it again in this brilliant collection, which is skillfully linked by time and place. In the pages of Float Up, Sing Down, you'll meet a retired farmer closely observing his neighbors while thinking back on war days, a woman who finds great comfort in spending time in a cornfield, and a host of other complex and memorable people. I love this book." --De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of DECENT PEOPLE and IN WEST MILLS

"In Float Up, Sing Down, Hunt offers us access to the deepest secrets of the members of a small twentieth-century community in rural Indiana, showing the glory of the quotidian and allowing us to revel in the rare and spectacular cadences of inward narration as characters' minds race ahead of events and conversations while also zipping back and up and down and around. A sweet, sensitive, subtle masterpiece." --Jennifer Croft, author of HOMESICK

"The stories in Float Up, Sing Down are funny and heart-wrecking, often in the same sentence. This is a glorious collection." --Hilma Wolitzer, author of TODAY A WOMAN WENT MAD IN THE SUPERMARKET

"A virtuosic portrait of midcentury America itself-physically stalwart, unerringly generous, hopeful that tragedy can be mitigated through faith in land and neighbor alike . . . What Hunt ultimately gives us is a pure and shining book, an America where community becomes a 'symphony of souls, ' a sustenance greater than romance or material wealth for those wise enough to join in." --New York Times Book Review on ZORRIE

"Lit from within." --Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, "Best Fiction of the Year" on ZORRIE

"A tender, glowing novel." --Anthony Doerr, Guardian, "Best Books of the Year" on ZORRIE

"The National Book Award finalist of a novel packs a whole, absorbing human life into just 161 pages that are polished like jewels." --Scott Simon, NPR on ZORRIE