The Getting Place

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The stories in The Getting Place spring from the places Frank Soos loved best: the coal hills of southwest Virginia, the coves of coastal Maine, and the rivers and tundra around Fairbanks, Alaska. They ask, Who can know the why of his own life, the why of what he does We join his characters when their lives spin beyond their control, when they face unexpected upheavals that change their lives utterly. By turns quirky, heartbreaking, profound, and witty, these brilliant stories open the hidden rooms inside us.

Peggy Shumaker

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"The nine lengthy stories in "The Getting Place" are richly varied, taking place in Interior Alaska, coastal Maine and the coal-mining region of Virginia where Soos grew up...We're fortunate to have these final, lasting stories from Frank Soos, this conclusion of mature work marked by insightful and kind examination of our world and how any of us make our way through it." --Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News

Author Bio

Frank Soos, writer of longish short stories, meditative essays, and flash nonfiction, is the author of Early Yet, Unified Field Theory (winner of the Flannery OConnor Award), Bamboo Fly Rod Suite, and Unpleasantries: Considerations of Difficult Questions. He served as Alaskas Writer Laureate from 2014-2016. One of his many collaborations with visual artist Margo Klass became the book Double Moon. Beaver Creek, an artist book construction, combines images and texts inspired by a joint BLM Artist-in-Residency celebrating the Federal Wild and Scenic River Act. Frank was a much-beloved teacher to all kinds of writersschool kids, adults in his OLLI classes, undergrads just beginning, community writers. Famous for his commitment to their writing, Frank offered his graduate students ample time and attention. They learned from him a fierce work ethic, a devotion to their art, and a generosity to other writers. He asked of his students what he asked of himself: writing that will advance the problem, writing that will ask better questions, writing that will interrogate our inarticulate actions.