"What's special about 'Cat Person,' and the rest of the stories in You Know You Want This, is the author's expert control of language, character, story-her ability to write stories that feel told, and yet so unpretentious and accessible that we think they must be true." -The New York Times Book Review

"Kristen Roupenian isn't just an uncannily great writer, she also knows things about the human psyche-things that I always supposed I would learn at some point, but never did. Some of thes ...