Who has a right to tell us how to experience our grief? How to perform-or not perform-the roles society prescribes to us based on our various points of identity?Īs If She Had a Say, the second story collection from Jennifer Fliss, uses an absurdist lens to showcase characters-predominantly women-plumbing their resources in the face of misogyny, abuse, and grief. Fliss is all-seeing, a fearless noticer, and exactly the right person to deliver us to the heart of what matters, and to ourselves.” -Chelsea Bieker, author of Godshot and Heartbroke Unforgettable and most certainly what I want to be reading now. These are sneaky stories that got under my skin in the way the best art can, ever expanding to reveal new layers of meaning and depth. “Inventive, witty, and bracingly true, As If She Had a Say made me laugh, made my heart drop, and made me think deeply about the ways women must navigate a world that is not made for us. Northwestern University Press/Curbstone Books, forthcoming in 2023
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