"On the whole, O'Brien's imagination is strong and the collection's range of situations and variety of voices striking. She handles action and violence remarkably well."— "Voices of the Lost and Found, a collection of short fiction by Michigan author Dorene O'Brien, is brilliant. So brilliant, that trying to chase and pin down the exact thread of fabric that makes it brilliant is like attempting to outrun one's own shadow. It's well conceived and tightly written with expert dialogue and fresh content. Readers attracted to quality fiction and dark themes will find a new favorite author in O'Brien."— "These gritty and mostly depressing stories are best savored when read over a longer period of time; O'Brien displays superb craftsmanship as she delves into a variety of human relationships."— "Fierce, economical, completely persuasive, and compelling, Voices of the Lost and Found is like the strongest and rawest prose by a poet from an American folk tradition that we know exists but seldom hear from."—Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Professor of English at University of California, Santa Barbara, and Author of Joss and Gold and Among the White Moon Faces "As numerous awards testify, O'Brien's talent, her sheer virtuosity, has long been apparent. Here we get a sampling of her multiple voices - young and old, men and women, rich and poor; funny, tragic, mad; lost and found. In reading her, Nathaniel West comes to mind, and Flannery O'Connor: that flinty unflinchingness before life's inexplicabilities, that defiant laugh in the face of darkness."—Christopher Leland, Professor of English at Wayne State University and Author of Letting Loose "This dark, vivid collection brings to mind the stories of Mary Gaitskill and Joyce Carol Oates, but in the end, O'Brien's voice is very much her own, blazingly original, calling to life an unforgettable gallery of desperate characters. Their voices-vibrant and broken, wistful and defiant-stay with you, echoing in your ears long after the last page."—Megan Abbott, Author of Queenpin, the Song Is You, and Die a Little "Voices of the Lost and Found is a collection to be read enthusiastically for its invention and its heart, as well as for its intelligence and sensitivity, its sense of the comic, the absurd, the fusion of human incongruities that serve to clarify our place in the world. Dorene O'Brien is a real talent, and I feel lucky to have been introduced to her work, which is intense and painful, and, at her best, resonant and quite lovely."—Jack Driscoll, Writer-In-Residence at Interlochen Center for the Arts and Author of Lucky Man, Lucky Woman and How Like an Angel: a Novel