{"product_id":"let-them-tell-you-nancy-lord-9781646428526","title":"Let Them Tell You: New and Selected Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eNancy Lord, one of Alaska's best-known writers, has been writing fiction and nonfiction in Alaska for more than fifty years. \u003ci\u003eLet Them Tell You\u003c\/i\u003e gathers selected stories from her three previous short fiction books, each first published in a different decade, alongside newer work, some published in journals and some unpublished until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord first wrote as a way to think about her life in Alaska when she was a young woman, and her curiosity took her farther afield with each book. Some stories draw on personal experience; others from newspaper headlines, historical events, and myths. Some respond to earlier writers and their literary works. Some are serious about social concerns and matters of justice; some are seriously funny. Animals and children, seekers and dreamers--in one case an entire community--all take turns as central characters. This collection traces Lord's writerly influences and her concerns for both humankind and the natural world and suggests the ways writers and readers alike travel through time and imagined lives, learning as they go about cruelties, compassion, and the human heart. An introduction by the author and an afterword by scholar Eric Heyne supplement the stories with context about the writer's journey and the evolution of Alaska literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord's close observation of the natural world is a hallmark of her work, as is her attention to environmental themes and social issues. \u003ci\u003eLet Them Tell You\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the range of her talent for presenting not only variations on life in Alaska but the human condition on a larger and timeless scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646428528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646428526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Alaska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Nancy Lord","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520302657791,"sku":"9781646428526","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_900665ab-52ec-4a29-9a1d-4e97bf620aab.jpg?v=1778741945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/let-them-tell-you-nancy-lord-9781646428526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}