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, 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.
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, 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.
| Published By | House of Anansi Press Inc — May 14, 2024 |
| Specifications | 272 pages | 5.5 in x 7 in |
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JEN CURRIN lives on unceded Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, and Musqueam territories (New Westminster, BC) and teaches creative writing and English at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Jen’s first collection of stories, Hider/Seeker, was awarded a Canadian Independent Book Award and was named a 2018 Globe and Mail Best Book. They have five previous collections of poetry, The Sleep of Four Cities, Hagiography, The Inquisition Yours (winner of the 2011 Audre Lorde Award), School, and Trinity Street. |
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JEN CURRIN lives on unceded Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, and Musqueam territories (New Westminster, BC) and teaches creative writing and English at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Jen’s first collection of stories, Hider/Seeker, was awarded a Canadian Independent Book Award and was named a 2018 Globe and Mail Best Book. They have five previous collections of poetry, The Sleep of Four Cities, Hagiography, The Inquisition Yours (winner of the 2011 Audre Lorde Award), School, and Trinity Street. |
