A fresh, compelling collection of stories by a serious new voice on
the literary scene.
Winner of the Hornblower Award by the New York Society Library,
Honorable Mention for the International Latino Book Awards: Best
Collection of Short Stories by Empowering Latino Futures
New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten
borough. But with Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez shines a
spotlight on the imagined lives of the islanders. Inspired by Geoffrey
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of loosely linked
tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining moments
in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the
New York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric
Garner's murder, and the 2016 presidential election.