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A newlywed gazes upon the wreckage of the Titanic. A young woman becomes the protégé of a Parisian hotelier. An old woman meets an angel in a ghost town. Underground Women is a compilation of short stories by multitalented writer Jesse Lee Kercheval. The heart of the volume is a reissue of narratives first published as the The Dogeater, winner of the AWP Short Fiction Award in 1987. With arresting imagery and heart-wrenching storylines, Kercheval's work uses humor and imagination to weave together themes of loss, dignity, tenacity and acceptance. These surreal and powerful vignettes will resonate with readers today as much as they did when first published.

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Story after story opens with immediacy and clear access to complex lives under pressure. Kercheval offers intimate views of characters' lives within the context of larger worlds, within history--if their own versions--and within the places shaping vital experience. --Nancy Reisman, author of Trompe L'Oeil I've loved Jesse Lee Kercheval's work for decades and am over the moon to find her first book reissued as Underground Women. It is so very timely: it is mordant, smart, and simmering under the surface with feminine rage. --Lauren Groff, author of Florida There are very few writers who are able to make a place for themselves in every genre while maintaining the highest quality and originality of their work as Jesse Lee Kercheval has done. She has a national and international reputation as a woman of letters. --Jonis Agee, author of Bones of Paradise One of the rare collections of short fiction that manage to infuse a seemingly realist style with the sense of mystery and whimsy. Each narrative balances the visceral realistic details with off-kilter characters, images, and actions, ultimately creating the worlds that are at once familiar and surreal. --Ellen Litman, author of Mannequin Girl

One of the rare collections of short fiction that manage to infuse a seemingly realist style with the sense of mystery and whimsy. Each narrative balances the visceral realistic details with off-kilter characters, images, and actions, ultimately creating the worlds that are at once familiar and surreal. --Ellen Litman, author of Mannequin Girl There are very few writers who are able to make a place for themselves in every genre while maintaining the highest quality and originality of their work as Jesse Lee Kercheval has done. She has a national and international reputation as a woman of letters. --Jonis Agee, author of Bones of Paradise Story after story opens with immediacy and clear access to complex lives under pressure. Kercheval offers intimate views of characters' lives within the context of larger worlds, within history--if their own versions--and within the places shaping vital experience. --Nancy Reisman, author of Trompe L'Oeil I've loved Jesse Lee Kercheval's work for decades and am over the moon to find her first book reissued as Underground Women. It is so very timely: it is mordant, smart, and simmering under the surface with feminine rage. --Lauren Groff, author of Florida

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Jesse Lee Kercheval is the author and editor of fifteen books, including fiction, poetry, memoir, and a textbook on writing fiction. She is the Zona Gale Professor of English and Director of the Program in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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