Coexistence: Stories

A grieving mother calls out to her faraway son. A student forgoes the lurid appeal of dating apps in exchange for a painter's love. The anonymous voices of queer native men converge amid violent eroticism. A man just out of prison balances the uneasy weight of family and freedom, while a professor returns home to conduct research only to be haunted by a dark specter. The stories and voices in Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut story collection are buoyed by philosophical undergirding, poetic demand, and the complex relationship between aesthetics and ethics. Belcourt pirouettes through the short story form in his signature staccato voice, imagining a range of characters from all walks of native life. He is an expert in celebrating the ways Indigenous peoples make total conquest impossible.

Author: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/21/2024
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781324075943

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2024
Library Journal 06/21/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Belcourt, Billy-Ray: - Billy-Ray Belcourt is a writer from the Driftpile Cree Nation. He is an assistant professor in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia and the founder of oteh nikan, an online magazine of LGBTQ2S+ indigenous writing. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.