![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() " Black Light is a work of thunderous virtuosity. In this collection, Parsons dissects the guts of the soul, to show us how awful we all are and how crushingly beautiful." - Hannah Lillith Assadi, author of Sonora Texas, dusty and sprawling, houses Parsons's pining, broken, twangy, and unforgettable characters. "Kimberly King Parsons's Black Light is savage, celestial, and gorgeous. In her debut collection, Kimberly King Parsons has put it all on the line, with a hell of a payoff." - Sam Lipsyte, author of Hark These stories are funny and poignant and searching, full of taut poetry, not to mention the long pain and sharp joys of living and loving and lusting. "The very fact that Black Light exists in the world makes everything feel a little less bleak. I just finished this book, and I'm going to read it again right away." - Amy Hempel, author of Sing to It Parsons opens and ends stories brilliantly. "The bad-ass gals in these terrific stories are all attitude, and as funny and appealing in their imperfection and thwarted desire as you'll find in any fiction out there. "In lithe, lyrical prose à la Amy Hempel and Noy Holland, Parsons's short fiction parses the addictions and desires of Texan girls and women, and will break your heart even as it makes you laugh." - O, The Oprah Magazine "Parsons's debut crackles with the frenetic energy of the women who stalk its pages.Parsons's characters are sharp and uncannily observed, bound up in elastic and electrifying prose." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]()
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