Enough to Lose
Seiten
2023
Wayne State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8143-5040-9 (ISBN)
Wayne State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8143-5040-9 (ISBN)
In nine captivating short stories, RS Deeren presents a vivid portrait of life in rural Michigan. These stories reveal how a region resistant to change and outside intervention struggles to adapt and leaves locals feeling left behind.
In nine captivating short stories, RS Deeren presents a vivid portrait of life in rural Michigan. Small family farms are dwarfed by looming wind turbines and are transformed into corporate enterprises; polarizing local and national politics turn neighbor against neighbor and raze long-standing community allegiances; hard-working families fight for survival in a home that is increasingly unrecognizable and untenable. Exploring the limitations of rugged individualism in the face of relentless economic downturn, these stories feature recurring characters and narratives that span from the Great Flood of 1986 to the 2016 presidential election. With unflinching empathy, Deeren weaves together the colorful lives of landscapers, hunters, artists, parolees, retirees, and entrepreneurs, characters who reckon with their relationship to this unique slice of the rural Midwest. Enough to Lose reveals how a region resistant to change and outside intervention struggles to adapt and leaves locals feeling left behind. Deeren artfully illustrates the brutal realities of working-class rural life that are punctuated by moments of beauty, humor, and resilience.
In nine captivating short stories, RS Deeren presents a vivid portrait of life in rural Michigan. Small family farms are dwarfed by looming wind turbines and are transformed into corporate enterprises; polarizing local and national politics turn neighbor against neighbor and raze long-standing community allegiances; hard-working families fight for survival in a home that is increasingly unrecognizable and untenable. Exploring the limitations of rugged individualism in the face of relentless economic downturn, these stories feature recurring characters and narratives that span from the Great Flood of 1986 to the 2016 presidential election. With unflinching empathy, Deeren weaves together the colorful lives of landscapers, hunters, artists, parolees, retirees, and entrepreneurs, characters who reckon with their relationship to this unique slice of the rural Midwest. Enough to Lose reveals how a region resistant to change and outside intervention struggles to adapt and leaves locals feeling left behind. Deeren artfully illustrates the brutal realities of working-class rural life that are punctuated by moments of beauty, humor, and resilience.
A native "Thumbody," RS Deeren is an assistant professor of creative writing at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. His research interests include contemporary fiction, US working-class studies, and rural-urban dynamics. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in periodicals including The Great Lakes Review, Joyland, Midwestern Gothic, and more. He has also worked as a line cook, landscaper, lumberjack, and bank teller, just like some of the characters in these stories. He received his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Made in Michigan Writers Series |
Verlagsort | Detroit, MI |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 272 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8143-5040-2 / 0814350402 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8143-5040-9 / 9780814350409 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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