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"Perry is an important up-and-coming writer who explores the lives of the people of the Great Lakes region in sensitive and perceptive ways."

It's been called "a wonderful, whimsical collection" with "a beauty that is both innocent and ancient."

Stories are almost a force of nature in How to Fly, a lyrical and off-beat exploration of what is extraordinary in the every day. Anything is possible when normal people, in the course of living their lives, stumble into tough choices grudgingly, trudgingly, like a long walk through unplowed Michigan snow.

How to Fly is the debut collection of an honest voice, American stories that explore how dreams soar and plummet, spin, twist and dive, and how some may never get off the ground.

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How to Fly (June 2004) recently earned the Best Book Award for Fiction from the Center for Great Lakes Culture at Michigan State University.