This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West is the second entry in the Divide anthology series attempting to capture the newness, vastness, territoriality, and sense of transience alive in the American West. In this collection legends, myths, tales, omens, folk horror, and science fiction explore the fantastical, the apocalyptic, the bizarre, the unknown, and the apocryphal origins and conclusions of life on the occidental side of the Continental Divide. In this collection, after the 'what is' comes the 'what will be', as acclaimed authors and emerging voices weave tales that push the boundaries of imagination: Ken Liu takes us to the frontiers of America and China in a stark tale of perseverance; Kate Bernheimer immerses us in the fairytale lands of modern celebrity; Benjamin Percy takes us hunting for deer and connection in eastern Oregon; Yuri Herrera grants us insight on our future overlords; Tessa Fontaine places us in-between with a monster and a question; Dominique Dickey chases familiar ghosts; and Willy Vlautin takes us on the wild ride that is a winning streak.
Accompanied by a foreword fromThis Side of the Divide alum, and author of The Forbidden City, Vanessa Hua, these twenty-five pieces of new lore excavate the beauty, the uncertainty, the longing, the bitter interactions and stark truths; the strong people and vivid places that have shaped, and will continue to shape the West until the end of days.
By:
Willy Vlautin,
Kate Bernheimer,
Ken Liu,
Tessa Fontaine
Foreword by:
Vanessa Hua
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 228mm,
ISBN: 9781936097463
ISBN 10: 193609746X
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 16 May 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Stories The Ghosts in the Desert - Day Al-Mohamed Thank You, Little Queens - Laura Arciniega Canada, Maybe Even California, or Other States (Wyoming? Montana?) - Kate Bernheimer The Wind's Last Breath - Jos Burns The Last Genuine Cowboy - Katie Carmer In Fresno, One Last Bath in Dust - Matt Carney The Drone Pilot - Andrew Colarusso Variation on a Legend - Jaydn DeWald Variation on a Myth - Jaydn DeWald There Are Ghosts Here - Dominique Dickey Crepuscular - Tessa Fontaine Broken Crow - Alyson Hagy The Objects - Yuri Herrera; translated by Lisa Dillman What We Tell Ourselves - Jac Jemc What I Assume You Shall Assume - Ken Liu Salt - Tara Lynn Masih How I Came to Love Kelly Sand's Sister - Alex McElroy Pyrosome - Kathleen McNamara Man, Water, Dignity - Caitlin Palmer Somebody Is Going to Have to Pay for This - Benjamin Percy A Billion Miles from What Was Home - Phoebe Once Called California - Christian Tranberg The Run - Willy Vlautin
Reviews for This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West
At once timely and timeless, ancient and futuristic-reimagining and remaking a region long potent in the imagination. - from the introduction by Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City The stories in This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West are fantastic, gritty, imaginative; full of characters as complicated and brutal as the landscapes they inhabit. As disturbing as it is delightful, this anthology both reveals and re-imagines the complex beauty of the American West. I couldn't put it down. - Claire Boyles, author of Site Fidelity, listed for the Reading the West and PEN/Bingham Book Awards in debut fiction This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West is a dazzling ride through reimagined and remixed landscapes of the still-lonesome American West. In its gleeful variety of genres and styles, this anthology affirms that the American West-as an active idea, as a ground for new meaning-is as wide and deep and wild as ever. - Joseph Scapellato, author of The Made-Up Man and Big Lonesome
- Long-listed for Reading the West Award 2020
