Tauvernier Street

In Jay Atkinson’s riveting new story collection, Tauvernier Street, the writer that Men’s Health magazine called “the bard of New England toughness” uses a variety of narrative voices, characters and styles to express a single, central truth: you are where you came from. “Jailbird” won Boston Magazine’s fiction prize. “The Tex Cameron Show,” appeared in Shenandoah, and “The Tigers in Argentina,” from MacGuffin, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.