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02446aam a2200325 i 4500 001 98031892E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 160829s2016 pau 000 1 eng 010 $a 2016039766 020 $a 0822944677 020 $a 9780822944676 035 $a (OCoLC)948340026 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d ORX $d KLP $d VA@ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d STF $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3625 A6756 A6 2016 100 1 $a Yancy, Melissa. 240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections 245 10 $a Dog years : $b stories / $c Melissa Yancy. 264 1 $a Pittsburgh, PA : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 226 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "Drue Heinz Literature Prize." 520 $a "Many of these richly layered stories juxtapose the miracles of modern medicine against the inescapable frustrations of everyday life: awkward first dates, the indignities of air travel, and overwhelming megastore cereal aisles. In "Go Forth," an aging couple attends a kidney transplant reunion, where donors and recipients collide with unexpected results; in "Hounds," a woman who runs a facial reconstruction program for veterans nurses her dying dog while recounting the ways she has used sex as both a weapon and a salve; and in "Consider This Case," a lonely fetal surgeon caring for his aesthete father must reconsider sexuality and the lengths people will go to have children. Melissa Yancy's personal experience in the milieus of hospitals, medicine, and family services infuse her narratives with a rare texture and gravity. Keenly observant, offering both sharp humor and humanity, these stories explore the ties that bind--both genetic and otherwise--and the fine line between the mundane and the maudlin. Whether the men or women that populate these pages are contending with illness, death, or parenthood, the real focus is on time and our inability to slow its progression, reminding us to revel in those moments we can control"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Dog years -- Consider the case -- Firstborn -- Hounds -- Miracle girl grows up -- Go forth -- Teeth apart -- The program -- Stray. 650 0 $a Short stories $v Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909042433.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98031892E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search