{"product_id":"black-light-stories-paperback","title":"Black Light: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKimberly King Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories in \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush. . . . I loved every moment of this book.\" --Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire's darkest hollows--those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. In this debut collection of enormously perceptive and brutally unsentimental short stories, Parsons illuminates the ache of first love, the banality of self-loathing, the scourge of addiction, the myth of marriage, and the magic and inevitable disillusionment of childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking us from hot Texas highways to cold family kitchens, from the freedom of pay-by-the-hour motels to the claustrophobia of private school dorms, these stories erupt off the page with a primal howl--sharp-voiced, acerbic, and wise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Lubbock, Texas, Kimberly King Parsons received her MFA from Columbia University. Her fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Small Fictions 2017\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Tokens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756564906272,"sku":"9780525563501","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dea6bcf199a9040026a69835ab57f3d6.webp?v=1780081023","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-light-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}