IN THE LAND OF DREAMY DREAMS, Ellen Gilchrist's first book, is a collection of 14 short stories. She wrote them after being selected for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Clearly she put her time to good use.

"It's difficult to review a first book as good as this one without resorting to every known superlative cliche...Gilchrist is the real thing." (Washington Post)

"Her stories are perceptive, her manner stylish and idiomatic--a rare and potent combination." (London Times Literary Supplement)