A medley of tangled nonfiction and some very intriguing fiction, linked by mentions of prairies.

Swerving into non-fiction risks breaking the book’s momentum, yet the authority of Dutton’s essay balances out the dreaminess of her stories.

[Dutton] creates on the page the disorienting and surreal feeling of being alive today, with our crushing end-of-the-world barkers in our pockets.

One might assume that such indebted writing would feel impersonal by the nature of it not being at any point entirely [Dutton's] own, yet her work gains power from this knack for collage. She is a magpie of feminist literature.

Representing an erudite palette of influences, the ranging, observational essay collection Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other reveals a mind honed by literature and the arts..

Finely tempered.

The eclectic entries make for exciting reading, adding up to a surprisingly cohesive whole that testifies to art’s ability to inspire new ways of seeing the world. Relentlessly surprising and thoroughly original, this dazzles..