{"product_id":"a-calm-and-normal-heart-stories","title":"A Calm and Normal Heart: Stories","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Oklahoma to California, the heroes of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Calm \u0026amp; Normal Heart\u003c\/span\u003e are modern-day adventurers—seeking out new places to call their own inside a nation to which they do not entirely belong. A member of the Osage tribe, author Chelsea T. Hicks’ stories are compelled by an overlooked diaspora happening inside America itself: that of young Native people. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn stories like “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSuperdrunk\u003c\/span\u003e,” “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTsexope\u003c\/span\u003e,” and “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWets’a\u003c\/span\u003e,” iPhone lifestyles co-mingle with ancestral connection, strengthening relationships or pushing people apart, while generational trauma haunts individual paths. Broken partnerships and polyamorous desire signal a fraught era of modern love, even as old ways continue to influence how people assess compatibility. And in “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBy Alcatraz\u003c\/span\u003e,” a Native student finds herself alone on campus over Thanksgiving break, seeking out new friendships during a national holiday she does not recognize. Leaping back in time, “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Fresh Start Ruined\u003c\/span\u003e” inhabits the life of Florence, an Osage woman attempting to hide her origins while social climbing in midcentury Oklahoma. And in “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHouse of RGB\u003c\/span\u003e” a young professional settles into a new home, intent on claiming her independence after a break-up, even if her ancestors can’t seem to get out of her way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether in between college semesters or jobs, on the road to tribal dances or escaping troubled homes, the characters of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Calm \u0026amp; Normal Heart\u003c\/span\u003e occupy a complicated and often unreliable terrain. Chelsea T. Hicks brings sharp humor, sprawling imagination, and a profound connection to Native experience in a collection that will subvert long-held assumptions for many readers, and inspire hope along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"Hicks is a marvel of storytelling and unlike anything I've read before. At the intersection of tradition and technology, past and present, these vivid and absorbing Native characters fill the pages of this extraordinary debut with tenderness and humor.\" —Kali Fajardo-Anstine, National Book Award finalist and author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSabrina \u0026amp; Corina\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWoman of Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"Chelsea Hicks’ deadpan dexterous wit can make you laugh and cry in the space of a heartbeat. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Calm and Normal Heart\u003c\/span\u003e is the book I’ve been waiting for—audacious, tender, and fiercely committed.\" —Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize winning author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Night Watchman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43007377047632,"sku":"9781951213541B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/a-calm-and-normal-heart-stories","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}