Glow in the Dark
by Lisa Teasley
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Publication Date: Aug 22, 2006
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781582344676
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Parent Company: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
“[Lisa Teasley] lights up the plunge into the abyss that can result from knowing people far too well.”―Greg Tate, Village Voice
Lost souls, the disenfranchised, the destitute: these are the denizens of Lisa Teasley’s stories. There’s Magda, the drug-addicted surfer chick, Gita, who juggles sexual relationships, and Boogie, an overweight ten-year-old. Teasley follows her characters deep into the mire. “Baker” emerged from the 1997 rape and murder of a seven-year-old in a Nevada casino. In “Holiday Confessional,” a character flees after witnessing a crime to then share the secret with two strangers in a bar. Set in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Baja, Lisa Teasley’s stories illuminate society’s darker side.
“Teasley writes with a daring and original voice…Glow in the Dark is an unusually assured first story collection, and Lisa Teasley deserves high praise for giving the American short story an honest and original shot in the arm.” —San Francisco Chronicle