A grieving mother calls out to her faraway son. A student forgoes the lurid appeal of dating apps in exchange for a painter’s love. The anonymous voices of queer native men converge amid violent eroticism. A man just out of prison balances the uneasy weight of family and freedom, while a professor returns home to conduct research only to be haunted by a dark specter. The stories and voices in Billy-Ray Belcourt’s debut story collection are buoyed by philosophical undergirding, poetic demand, and the complex relationship between aesthetics and ethics. Belcourt pirouettes through the short story form in his signature staccato voice, imagining a range of characters from all walks of native life. He is an expert in celebrating the ways Indigenous peoples make total conquest impossible.
Author: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/21/2024
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781324075943
Language: English
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