) First Edition Cover | |
| Author | Stephen Graham Jones |
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| Cover artist | Jacket design by |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
Publication date | September 1, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 152 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-8032-2605-5 (first edition, paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Bird is Gone: A Manifesto |
| Followed by | Demon Theory |
Bleed Into Me is a collection of short stories by Stephen Graham Jones and is part of Native Storiers: A series of American Narratives.[1]
Synopsis
The book collects 17 short stories by Native American author Stephen Graham Jones:
- "Halloween"
- "Venison"
- "Captivity Narrative 109"
- "To Run Without Falling"
- "Episode 43: Incest"
- "Nobody Knows This"
- "Bile"
- "Filius Nervosus"
- "Last Success"
- "Conquistadors"
- "These are the Names I Know"
- "The Fear of Jumping"
- "Bleed Into Me"
- "Carbon"
- "Every Night Was Halloween"
- "Discovering America"
Reception
Barbara J. Cook reviewed Bleed into Me for Studies in American Indian Literatures, noting that "In this collection of short stories, Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet) captures what it often means to be Indian in the twenty-first century."[2] Amelia Gray, reviewing for Southwestern American Literature, stated that much of the violence in the collection's stories was "understated to the point of soundlessness", but that in "Captivity Narrative 109" the "narrative begins to battle with itself" as "Aiche's apathy borders on comic".[3]
Awards
The novel won the following awards:
- Texas Institute of Letters Jesse Jones Award: For Fiction
- Finalist for the Texas Writers League Violet Crown Award
Further reading
- Stratton, Billy J. (2016-12-01). The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones: A Critical Companion. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-5769-4.
References
- ^ "Bleed into Me". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ Cook, Barbara J. (2008). "Review of Bleed into Me: A Book of Stories. Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 20 (1): 79–81. ISSN 0730-3238.
- ^ Gray, Amelia (2005-09-22). "Bleed into Me: A Book of Stories". Southwestern American Literature. 31 (1): 76–79.
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