An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2024 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1958094552 ISBN 13: 9781958094556

Publisher: Eastover Press, 2024

Synopsis

Second in a series, this anthology of short stories set in in rural and semi-rural places is written by contemporary rural American writers of color. Edited by Erika T. Wurth, the collection features work by Ron Austin, Venita Blackburn, Erin Brown, Caridad Cole, Deidra Suwanee Deas, Jessica Doe, Mark Ennis, Jane Hammons, Soon Jones, Kasimma, Arah Ko, Joe Milan Jr., Jacob Moniz, Rachel Nussbaum, sheena daree romero, and Sean Sam. Themes include birth, death, immigration, love, and loneliness as experienced by of those living in the underpopulated parts of the United States.

About this title

About the Authors

Editor Erika T. Wurth's novel White Horse is a New York Times editors' pick, a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, an Indie Next List Pick, and Target Book of the Month. She is both a Kenyon and Sewanee fellow, and Kenyon faculty. She's published in Buzzfeed, The Writer's Chronicle, and is a narrative artist for the Meow Wolf Denver installation. She is an urban Native of Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee descent. She is represented by Rebecca Friedman for books and Dana Spector for film. She's a professor of creative writing at Western Illinois University and lives in Denver with her partner, step-kids, and two incredibly fluffy dogs. Her forthcoming novel is The Haunting of Room 904.

Series editor Keith Lesmeister is the author of We Could've Been Happy Here and Mississippi River Museum. A founding editor of Cutleaf, he received his MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. He currently lives and teaches in the Driftless region.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eastover Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1958094552
• ISBN 13: 9781958094556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Wurth Erika T, Lesmeister Keith Pilapil