num_pages: 160
description: Jessica Treats stories invite readers in only to make them complicit in transgressive acts real or adultery trespassing  sexual jealousy. Her dark humor and portrayal of consciousness recall authors as diverse as Amy Hempel Mary Caponegro and Lydia Davis. Comic skillful and menacing the stories in Meat Eaters &amp; Plant Eaters haunt us long after weve fallen under their spell. Jessica Treat is author of two story A Robber in the House (Coffee House Press) and Not a Chance (FC2). Her stories appear in anthologies and journals including Ms. Magazine  Black Warrior Review  and American Literary Review .
language: English
title: Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters
publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.