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edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
category: Fiction
published: May 2024
ISBN:9781487011895
publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
imprint: Astoria

Disembark

Stories

by Jen Currin

tagged: short stories (single author), friendship, lesbian
Description

Award–winning author Jen Currin presents remarkable and sometimes magical new stories of queer friendship and love, against the backdrop of city life.

The stories in Disembark feature queer characters navigating new worlds, new circumstances, and new methods of relating to the people around them. With resonant imagery and clear, lyrical prose, Jen Currin weaves vibrant narratives showcasing queer relationships—be they platonic, romantic, or somewhere in between. A banshee shacks up with a lesbian couple in a rocky relationship, a lonely teen is gifted a knife by their mother’s boyfriend, a queer woman finds herself heartbroken when her best friend fails her at a crucial moment, and a young alcoholic hashes things out with their mother in the afterlife. In modes both realist and fantastic, the profound and eloquent stories in Disembark provide a glimpse into the unexpected, offering insight into the ways we relate in this world and in worlds beyond.

About the Author
Jen Currin was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and did her schooling at Bard College, Arizona State University and Simon Fraser University. She has published three collections of poetry, The Sleep of Four Cities (Anvil Press, 2005), Hagiography (Coach House, 2008) and The Inquisition Yours (Coach House, 2010). She currently lives in Vancouver, where she teaches writing and literature.
Awards
  • Short-listed, SCWES BC Book Awards for BC Authors
Editorial Reviews

“With profound insight, Currin’s writing draws readers into the spaces of human connection as we meet characters falling in and out of love and friendship. Through these unique stories, Disembark illustrates the universal complexities of intimacy and Currin is able to capture the nuances of multifaceted relationship dynamics.” — West Trade Review


“Readers are fortunate: these stories not only chronicle our despair, but also gesture towards what lies beyond.” — British Columbia Review

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