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  • "Propulsive and complex, this is a gorgeously written debut."

    -KIRKUS (STARRED REVIEW)

  • Denetsosie soars when depicting the characters’ close relationships with one another. "It’s a potent display of modern Navajo life."

    -PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

  • “The Missing Morningstar effortlessly exudes power and charm in equal measure. Denetsosie appears on the page fully formed. A feat of voice, texture, heart, and an absolute thrill to read.”

    -TOMMY ORANGE, Author of Pulitzer Finalist There There

  • “Denetsosie’s gorgeous short story collection plunged deep into my soul, where these strong and resilient Navajo characters will remain for a very, very long time.”

    —KALI FAJARDO-ANSTINE, author of Woman of Light

  • “Full of voices that reveal grief and redemption, this collection is a compelling compendium of family, truths, loss and love. I loved it.”

    —BRANDON HOBSON, author of The Removed

  • "Denetsosie captures the supernatural and spiritual aspects of discussing departed loved ones, exploring themes of grief and remembrance. Through these narratives, Denetsosie skillfully enlightens readers about the Diné experience, offering a deeper understanding and awareness."

    —BOOKLIST

  • "The poignant stories of The Missing Morningstar represent a world of people searching for love, fulfillment, and belonging."

    -FORWARD REVIEWS

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Stacie Shannon Denetsosie confronts long-reaching effects of settler-colonialism on Native lives in a series of gritty, wildly imaginative stories. A young Navajo man catches a ride home alongside a casket he’s sure contains his dead grandfather. A gas station clerk witnesses the kidnapping of the newly crowned Miss Northwestern Arizona. A young couple’s search for a sperm donor raises questions of blood quantum. This debut collection grapples with a complex and painful history alongside an inheritance of beauty, ceremony, and storytelling.

September 2023 | Fiction | 9781948814850 | 144 pp | $16.95 

Praise for The Missing Morningstar

  • “The Missing Morningstar is a vivid and imaginative mapping of the lives of Diné people and the many faceted ways in which we exist in this world. The characters have such depth that I could still see and hear them long after I had finished reading.”

    —RAMONA EMERSON, author of Shutter

  • “These are stories that will break your heart and make you laugh and break your heart some more.”

    —TONI JENSEN, author of Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land and From the Hilltop: Stories

  • “Denetsosie’s characters are tied to the land and one another in ways that nurture and sometimes hurt. They’ll have you laughing, crying, and, sometimes, singing alongside them.”

    —KELLI JO FORD, author of Crooked Hallelujah

  • “Illuminating, finely-crafted, bold, and honest stories in Denetsosie’s starborn prose.”

    —CHELSEA T. HICKS, author of A Calm & Normal Heart

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Blossoms as the Cliffrose 

Released 2021
Contributing writer “Kindling” and “Granddaddy the Glowing Man”

Blossom as the Cliffrose: Mormon Legacies and the Beckoning Wild features original poems and prose by talented writers who are faithful, non-faithful, believers, heretics, converts and de-converts, dragged in or forced out of the Mormon faith. This dynamic collection demonstrates the breadth, complexity, and diversity of a Latter-day Saint legacy of commitment to natural place and challenges us to examine the myriad ways our own deeply rooted heritage shapes our personal relationship with landscape.

June 2021 | Nonfiction | 978-1-948814-42-3 | 250 pp | 21.95