“I would love. . . to start a Colwin renaissance.” — Elin Hilderbrand, on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
"A seriously good book. Deep and rich." — Los Angeles Times
“Complex, adventurous, and exciting.” — Larry McMurtry in the Washington Post
"Colwin has written this spirited, insightful, often funny book with a keen sense of understatement that is extraordinarily powerful and moving." — Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Engaging, rapid, and filled with witty and exciting imagery." — Houston Chronicle
“Technique may be learned, but art is a matter of talent, a commodity parceled out by providence with breath-taking arbitrariness. . . . [Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object] left me in no doubt that its author is one of the golden few who can't, apparently, put a foot wrong.” — Cosmopolitan