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She is also the author of the short story collection, By Light We Knew Our Names, which won the 2014 Dzanc Prize, and the fiction chapbook, An Elegy for Mathematics (Bull City Press, 2017). https://www.annevalente.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-04-26 https://www.annevalente.com/website-tutorials daily 0.75 2022-05-05 https://www.annevalente.com/books daily 0.75 2022-04-26 https://www.annevalente.com/books/an-elegy-for-mathematics monthly 0.5 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625469bb5d809b1c92c6b72c/1650466726747-3PF41GCZZ59VNEV0U19P/An-Elegy-for-Mathematics-Stories-Fiction-Anne-Valente.jpg Books - An Elegy for Mathematics A man in search of a golden bead that is rumored to grant immortality. A would-be astronaut's manifesto. An archivist who can't help but record all of life's statistics. In these thirteen small stories, Anne Valente takes us to worlds both fantastic and familiar, forgotten and foretold, and in tight, layered prose, she strives to unravel all of the tangled questions we have about ourselves. From the field guides of astronomy to permutations on desire, these small stories are expansive and encyclopedic, a cataloguing of love and loss, an attempt to find a formula for everything that courses through us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625469bb5d809b1c92c6b72c/695a6192-3a24-40da-901f-72c306935b8b/birdskulls.png Books - An Elegy for Mathematics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Books - An Elegy for Mathematics https://www.annevalente.com/books/the-desert-sky-before-us monthly 0.5 2022-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625469bb5d809b1c92c6b72c/1650466653421-DQ77XA97PNI4ZYNNXOVT/The-Desert-Sky-Before-Us-Novel-Fiction-Anne-Valente.jpg Books - The Desert Sky Before Us The Desert Sky Before Us manages a rare alchemy, transforming a page-turner–the story of a road trip we follow breathlessly, uncovering secret after secret–into a powerful and nuanced portrait of the relationship between two sisters we come to know as intimately as we know ourselves. I was transported and moved in equal measure. 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Across thirteen stories, this collection explores the thin border between magic and grief.