Critical Praise

"Gaylord has delivered a story that’s ripe with acute and wry observations on men and women, competition, sexuality, and secrets."

—Library Journal

"The complicated web of loyalties, attraction, competition and camaraderie [in Hummingbirds] provides much tension as things play out --- but not in an expected way…Gaylord’s tale of overeducated men and the teenage students who exhibit the finesse and understanding their teachers lack hits all the right notes."

—Publishers Weekly

"[A] winning debut…Lush language…A very grown-up novel about adolescence and the folly of adults, by an impressive new voice in American fiction."

—Kirkus Reviews

"Provocative and well written."

—People