Bibliograph

All the hometowns you can't stay away from, by Izzy wasserstein

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All the hometowns you can't stay away from, by Izzy wasserstein

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

All the hometowns you can't stay away from

Oclc number

1335113098

Responsibility statement

by Izzy wasserstein

Review

Izzy Wasserstein writes brilliantly about loss, revolution, change, and community--and I am so glad to see her short work collected in this exciting new book from Neon Hemlock. In All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From, Wasserstein explores trans and queer experiences in semi-familiar landscapes--some of them Midwestern, others unfolding in spaces and times far away. She has a memorable literary voice, and her stories of alienation and survival will haunt and sustain me for years to come."--, R.B. Lemberg, author of The Four Profound Weaves

Summary

In her debut collection, Izzy Wasserstein pries the lid off fourteen different worlds from an already impressive short fiction career. In these pages, you'll meet ne'er-do-wells and orphans, investigators and revolutionaries, diplomats and doctoral students. Wasserstein has a gift for putting her finger on the meaty parts of grief, the catalysts of change, and the pain points of community. This collection contains fourteen stories, two of which have never been seen before! "Case of the Soane Museum Thefts" unveils a crime of magical curation for its protagonist to puzzle over, while "Blades, Stones, and the Weight of Centuries" brings us the heir to an empire poised at the threshold of change

Table Of Contents

All the hometowns you can't stay away from -- Their eyes like dead lamps -- Unplaces: an atlas of non-existence -- The good mothers' home for wayward girls -- Requiem without sound -- Dead at the feet of a god -- Case of the Soane Museum thefts -- The crafter at the web's heart -- Hopper in the frying pan -- Blades, stones, and the weight of centuries -- The grass bows down, the pilgrims walk lightly -- Five reasons for the sign above her door, one of them unspoken -- Everything the sea takes, it returns -- Shadows of the hungry, the broken, the transformed -- Acknowledgements -- Story notes -- Publication history -- About the author -- About the press

Target audience

adult

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