“‘Whiteout’ is a stunning debut novel, worthy of national recognition. . .”

Mary Ann Grossman, St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Brian Duren is a writer of enviable talent, and Ivory Black is a novel of profound elegance.”

Peter Geye, author of The Ski Jumpers 

“THE GRAVITY OF LOVE is a magnificent haunting duet of grief, absence, and the unshakable bonds of family … a profoundly moving,  profoundly human novel…”

Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao