{"product_id":"9781941209639","title":"Missing Persons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMissing Persons\u003c\/em\u003e by Stephanie Carpenter won the 2017 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. These ten stories, all of which were published in literary journals including \u003cem\u003eCrab Orcahrd Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNimrod International Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/em\u003e, offer readers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people facing out-of-the-ordinary problems—street sweepers sending incomplete messages that a young couple is compelled to decipher; a young woman travels back home with her boyfriend to help him sort through the lives of his deceased parents; a woman smitten with a living-statue artist; and a man finding himself with an unwanted house guest he met through a dating app. George Saunders, author of \u003cem\u003eTenth of December: Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, says Missing Persons is “Inventive, magical, compelling, and strange in just the way life and people are strange. Stephanie Carpenter is a rare and wonderful talent.” A native of northern Michigan, Stephanie Carpenter holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD in Creative Writing and American Literature from the University of Missouri. Widely published in literary magazines and journals, \u003cem\u003eMissing Persons\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut story collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Press 53","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044292542704,"sku":"9781941209639","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941209639_p0.jpg?v=1763755320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941209639","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}