"The stories in Lee Upton's Visitations remind me of those by the great Edith Pearlman: swift, rueful, erudite, moving, and full of wisdom. And very, very funny. I laughed, hard, while reading these stories, often at things that can't be printed on the cover of a book. Which is just one of the many reasons why you should look inside."--Brock Clarke, author of The Happiest People in the World

"In these gorgeous stories Lee Upton writes with wicked wit and wild imagination. Her work is full of beautiful sentences and the best kind of surprises: unexpected swerves, uneasy alliances,...