Anne Valente is the author of the short story collection, By Light We Knew Our Names (Dzanc Books, 2014), and the forthcoming debut novel, Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2016). Her fiction appears in One Story, Ninth Letter, The Normal School and The Chicago Tribune, and her essays appear in The Believer and The Washington Post. Originally from St. Louis, she currently teaches creative writing at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Fiction
Sept/Oct 2016
Good-bye, Saint Louis
The night after the police killed a boy in the streets, a luna moth appeared on the spokes of my bike. Its green wings translucent, bathed in light from the […]
Anne Valente
Anne Valente is the author of the novel Our Heart Will Burn Us Down (William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2016) and the short story collection By Light We Knew Our Names […]