{"product_id":"where-to-carry-the-sound-volume-23-9781574419498","title":"Where to Carry the Sound: Volume 23","description":"\u003cp\u003e The stories in \u003ci\u003eWhere to Carry the Sound\u003c\/i\u003e center on characters excavating their own lives: unearthing family secrets, exploring inherited silences, and rediscovering what might have seemed lost to them. Wherever these characters find themselves--including brewing bootleg liquor in Prohibition-era Bombay, finding remnants of a new language at an archaeological dig in Andhra Pradesh, seeking mirages above the Arctic Circle, or setting up an outpost on the moon--each seeks to reconcile a past continually bleeding into the present and to forge a path of belonging to carry them into the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This collection of nine magical stories (including a few actual fairy tales) enchanted me. Many of the stories are set in India, and most of the narrators are women--photographers, bootleggers, archeologists, religious pilgrims, perfumers, and one lonely lunar caretaker. The writing is both lush and lean, and the images of marigolds, haunted villages, and man-killing tigers are memorable. The ends aren't always happily-ever-after but are always satisfying. \u003ci\u003eWhere to Carry the Sound\u003c\/i\u003e is a delight to read.\"--Molly Giles, judge and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Home for Unwed Husbands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e NINA SUDHAKAR is a writer, poet, and lawyer. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSalamander\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2023 Fiction Contest), \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and she is the author of two poetry chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eMatriarchetypes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmbodiments. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Chicago and can be found at www.ninasudhakar.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878064722194,"sku":"9781574419498","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b3a7d9b-9a1d-4b8e-896a-0bfb30bd432b.jpg?v=1738207970","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-to-carry-the-sound-volume-23-9781574419498","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}