'The faithful are everywhere.' As much personal essay as story, 'Forms of Devotion' is a meditation on the faithful that explores with delicate irony what it means to be faithful in a secular, consumer-driven world.
The stories in Red Plaid Shirt span twenty years of Diane Schoemperlen's challenging and innovative writing. Told in her fresh and often deadpan comedic voice, they offer a compulsively readable mix of deeply felt emotion and finely wrought intellect.