“Son of Nashville, admirer of Garth Brooks, progenitor of Joseph Mitchell, Drew Bratcher has created his own hit debut with a music of casual elegance infused with earthbound wisdom, humor, and love. It’s a voice worthy of its roots but bound for its own place among our very best new storytellers.”—John D’Agata
“Reading Drew Bratcher feels to me what it must have been like to be one of William Faulkner’s first readers—every sentence packs a fresh punch of the whole history and soul of America’s South. He is a vital new voice of his generation, even as his words feel as comfortable and familiar as a plate of grandma’s grits.”—Garrett M. Graff, author, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History Of 9/11
“In the country singer Lefty Frizzell, Drew Bratcher hears ‘a genuine music that goes on moving because it is life.’ That same music animates these intimate, songful essays. Whether he’s writing about a Taylor Swift lyric, the vexed notion of southern authenticity, or the time his grandfather traded a pony for a pair of false teeth, Bratcher offers warmth, clarity, and perfect pitch.”—Dan Piepenbring, editor, The Beautiful Ones