Wells Tower is the author of the collection “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned” (FSG).
“Wells Tower’s stories are written, thrillingly, in authentic American vernacular — violent, funny, bleak, and beautiful,” praises Michael Chabon. “You need to read them, now.”
His short stories and journalism have appeared in Harper’s magazine, McSweeney’s, The Paris Review, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, the Washington Post Magazine and elsewhere.
He received two Pushcart Prizes and the Plimpton Prize from the Paris Review.
He divides his time between Chapel Hill, N.C., and Brooklyn, N.Y.
Visit him online at www.everythingravaged.com.
