![]() ![]() Now I’m going to ask you an annoying, maybe impossible question: How do you do this? The characters are not extraordinary in any way immediately recognizable they’re the anonymous women on buses, in secretarial pools, halfway houses in dusty towns. LSLL : Reading your stories reminds me of Ann Beattie and Raymond Carver. They are self-aware enough to realize how stuck they are, and they’re constantly trying to justify, explain away, or reframe their circumstances. Though the characters are often in dangerous situations and/or they’re making bad decisions, they are scrappy and resilient and most of them have a stellar sense of humor. KKP : This book deals with light and dark. Where does this mix of characteristics come from? LSLL : The stories in Black Light have been described by acclaimed writers, in high praise, as brutal, savage, and filled with menace, but also celestial, charismatic, and hilarious. Most of them are narrated by women and girls. The stories take place in high schools and on highways, in a bowling alley, at a fancy girls’ boarding school, and in a few different seedy motel rooms. Kimberly King Parsons : Black Light is a collection of short stories set in Texas, featuring outsiders, weirdos, losers, children, and big-hearted screwups. ![]() ![]() ![]() Parsons, your debut collection of short fiction, Black Light (Vintage), will be published August 13. ![]()
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