The Lightness of Water and Other Stories

<p>The nine stories in <em>The Lightness of Water & Other Stories</em> (winner of the 2019 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction) are bound by a strong sense of place—Appalachia and the South—and prove that no matter where we go there’s no place far enough to leave home behind. The characters in these emotionally charged stories deal with loneliness loss greed and guilt. They like all of us wrestle with the people places and memories they cling to belong to and run from learning (sometimes too late) that these experiences remain with them forever.</p>