Stories No One Hopes Are about Them (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609388638)

2023 Lammy Award for Bisexual Fiction, shortlist

At once playfully dark and slyly hopeful, Stories No One Hopes Are about Them explores convergences of power, privilege, and place. Characters who are ni de aquí, ni de allá--neither from here nor there--straddle competing worlds, disrupt paradigms, and transition from objects of other people's stories to active subjects and protagonists of their own. Narratives of humanity and environment entwine with nuanced themes of colonization, queerness, and evolution at the forefront. Big things happen in this collection. But it's also a collection of small intimacies: misremembered names, chipped teeth, and private rituals; unexpected alliances and barely touched knees beneath uniform skirts; minutiae of the natural world; incidents that quietly, achingly, and delightfully transgress the familiar.

Author: A. J. Bermudez
ISBN-10: 1609388631
ISBN-13: 9781609388638
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2022
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2022
Foreword 10/27/2022