Joanneh Nagler

Stay with Me, Wisconsin Joanneh Nagler

Eleven sensual and modern-day short stories about love, loss, sex, devotion and overcoming.

Set in the small lake towns and suburbs of the country's Midwestern heartland, the tales thread from one heart to another with extraordinary effectiveness and power. Lovers, partners, family members and friends--they push courageously toward love, and often win. With warm, emotionally satisfying arcs and a rooted sense of the Midwestern landscape, the book is rich with heart--filled with the unexpected and lush turns of fate which land at our feet as human beings. Intimate and impeccably crafted, these stories invite us into the passionate world of one of the most important new voices on the American literary scene.

STAY WITH ME, WISCONSIN is a collection of stories about ordinary bravery...they describe small, everyday wonders and do so with warmth and compassion. A remarkable collection of tales--compassionate, uplifting, and deeply humane.--IndieReader, Five-Star Review

Nagler explores her characters' inner landscapes, offering insight and prose luminous in embracing pain as well as love... tender and encompassing, with distinct, full-bodied characters learning to become adults, the world of STAY WITH ME, WISCONSIN is one readers will embrace.--Blue Ink Review, Featured Review

Brought to light by emotionally vigorous passages that travel beyond the Midwest into the strange, foreign realms of the heart, STAY WITH ME, WISCONSIN's characters work their way inside the reader's soul, allowing access into delightfully unexpected regions of the evocative and the sensual.--Midwest Book Review

Fiction. Short Stories.