In The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories, Stacie Denetsosie confronts long-reaching effects of settler-colonialism on Native lives in a series of gritty, wildly imaginative stories. A young Navajo man catches a ride home alongside a casket he's sure contains his dead grandfather. A gas station clerk witnesses the kidnapping of the newly crowned Miss Northwestern Arizona. A young couple's search for a sperm donor raises questions of blood quantum. This debut collection grapples with a complex and painful history alongside an inheritance of beauty, ceremony, and storytelling.
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Usually when I read a short story collection, I review each story individually. And I have to confess, I haven't been doing very well with the short story collections lately. And then I picked up The Missing Morningstar.
From the very first story, I was hooked. The title story is also fantastic.
I'm so glad I own this and look forward to reading more from this author.
