Shine of the Ever, by Claire Rudy Foster. Cover art by CB Messer. (Interlude Press, November 2019)
“‘[W]e are a mass of bliss and fury and love and pain and truth and sound,’ Foster writes in the first story of this polychromatic collection of short fiction set in and around Portland. Queue up your Sleater-Kinney records.”
—O: The Oprah Magazine
By turns tender and punk-tough, Shine of the Ever is one of Oprah Magazine’s Best LGBTQ Books of the Year. The collection is a literary mixtape of queer voices out of grunge-era Portland. Read an excerpt:
Shine of the Ever is receiving stellar praise, with Pete Rock, Benjamin Percy, O: The Oprah Magazine, Foreword Reviews, and many others singing its praises. This collection of short stories from Interlude Press explores what binds a community of queer and trans people as they negotiate love, screwing up, and learning to forgive themselves for being young and, sometimes foolish.
“Shine of the Ever is a compassionate ode to a Pixies-infused era. With its mix of fear and fearlessness, it deftly portrays love on the fringes.”
—Foreword Reviews