{"product_id":"outer-stars-volume-24-9781574419801","title":"Outer Stars: Volume 24","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eOuter Stars\u003c\/i\u003e present the tensions of our age with clarity, but they also leave the reader with hope, affirming the truth of human resilience and compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"--\u003cb\u003eMatthew Baker\u003c\/b\u003e, judge and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKIRSTEN SUNDBERG LUNSTRUM\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eElita\u003c\/i\u003e and three collections of short fiction: \u003ci\u003eWhat We Do with the Wreckage\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2017 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; \u003ci\u003eSwimming with Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThis Life She's Chosen\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction has been honored with a PEN \/ O. Henry Prize and her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e McSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ploughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. She has been the recipient of fellowships from MacDowell and Sewanee and has held residencies through the Jack Straw Writers Program and the Willa Cather Foundation. Kirsten lives with her family near Seattle, where she teaches English in a K-12 school. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735071195410,"sku":"9781574419801","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a62f443-adf5-4a13-a388-10c0732e3ed4.jpg?v=1763493698","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/outer-stars-volume-24-9781574419801","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}