Praise for I Will Shout Your Name

John Matthew Fox is a writer of rare power, untold beauty, and focused precision. Combining the gravity of his acumen as a storyteller with the knife-blade edge of his discernment concerning class, gender, race, and religion, his stories resound as both personal and infinite. In this collection, I Will Shout Your Name, the heart is given solace. 

—Shann Ray, American Book Award winning author of Balefire and American Copper

John Matthew Fox has a keen ear for the music of doubt that harmonizes so quietly with the sweet melodies that pass for faith. I Will Shout Your Name is a worthy debut from a writer worth your time. 

—Kyle Minor, author of Praying Drunk

[Fatu Ma Futi] is an amazing story. The story buried beneath the story becomes more apparent and also more enigmatic as the story we’re presented with happens on the surface … Writers so often write the real story so obliquely, at times you wonder if they might have missed it, themselves.  But there’s no doubt here: the magician’s trick of now-you-see-it/now-you-don’t is always subtly within the author’s grasp.

—Ann Beattie, author of The Accomplished Guest