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DeMisty D. Bellinger’s debut story collection covers queer liaisons and trysts, love bordering on the absurd, and awe-worthy finds in the familiar, the familial, and the mundane. These stories’ protagonists, mostly women, often unexpectedly redefine themselves in intimate circumstances.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Part I
Black Girl’s Magic
Acquiring Joshua
Dreams Formed in Rain
A Lost Day
Three Tiers of Toppings
Love Your Braider
Horse Sense
Brother Charlie’s Intended
Part II
Awesome Everywhere
Trying to Balance
Jubilee
The Claimer of Bodies
Your Father Died
Part III
Tiger-Free Days
Ballad of Jane
Free Fish
Cat, Catfish, Cat
Tooth Fairy
Carry the Weight
Part IV
Ladybird, Ladybird
Whisper Network
The Ballad of Frankie Baker
Three Studies in Patience
Part V
Going Home
The Negotiation of Space
French Fry Soup
Good Fit
Part VI
We All Have Our Ghosts
Dancing Queen
All the Dreams You’ve Yet to Have
L’autunno
An Opossum Tale
Über den Autor / die Autorin
DeMisty D. Bellinger is the author of the novel
New to Liberty and two collections of poetry,
Peculiar Heritage and
Rubbing Elbows. She is an associate professor of English and coordinator of the Center of Faculty Scholarship at Fitchburg State University.
Zusammenfassung
DeMisty D. Bellinger’s debut story collection covers queer liaisons and trysts, love bordering on the absurd, and awe-worthy finds in the familiar, the familial, and the mundane. These stories’ protagonists, mostly women, often unexpectedly redefine themselves in intimate circumstances.
