Outer stars : stories / by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lunstrum, Kirsten Sundberg, 1979- Author.

Series:

Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction series ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/1f065e66-d63d-3948-a238-90630a6fcdae 24.

Number 24 in the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction series

Standardized Title:

Outer stars (Compilation) http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/52a211bd-b51e-e31b-1ef2-b9aa1e35b850

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Resilience (Personality trait)--Fiction.

Resilience (Personality trait).

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Dystopian fiction.

Physical Description:

225 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In these seven short stories, both realist and speculative, Sundberg Lunstrum considers life in the Anthropocene, an era marked by individual isolation, environmental degradation, and the erosion of our relationships with one another and our land. As they encounter heartbreak and new love, the aches and joys of parenthood, and the grief of bodies in decline, her characters seek connection, identity, and purpose. They ask the questions we all ask: Can we hold on to each other across the fractures that divide us? How do we find belonging in the face of great loss? And is it possible to locate meaning -- and even beauty -- in our darkest moments? The stories in Outer Stars present the tensions of our age with clarity, but they also leave the reader with hope, affirming the truth of human resilience and compassion."-- Provided by publisher.

"Puzzle-box narratives containing secret spaces within secret spaces within secret spaces, some concealed so carefully among the interlocking literary mechanisms that one suspects there are secrets in this text that may not be discovered for centuries to come. This book is an extraordinary achievement."--Matthew Baker, judge and author of The Sentence.

Contents:

Clean Breaks

Outer Stars

Revision

Eclipse

Wind Phone

At the Last

Open Water.

Notes:

"2025 Winner, Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction."

Contains:

Lunstrum, Kirsten Sundberg, 1979- Outer stars. http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/1950bb03-22da-f0fe-1735-7469ea96f375

Other Format:

Online version Lunstrum, Kirsten Sundberg, 1979- Outer stars

ISBN:

9781574419801

1574419803

OCLC:

1518185855