Power of Place: Nebraska settings integral part of Hollander’s storytelling Post Views: 222
Jessica Hollander’s chapbook collection, “Mythical Places,” is an exquisite, hyper-real look at life. While most of the pieces are fiction, they do draw from what she’s observed and felt during her time in Kearney, and they explore the feelings of building an identity in a new setting.
By KIM HACHIYA
When she moved to Kearney, Nebraska, seven years ago, Jessica Hollander faced her anxieties about her new community, new life and new realities by observing and writing.
She had just won the prestigious Katherine Anne Porter Prize for excellence in short story writing for her collection “In These Times Home Is A Tired Place.” Now a second collection of short stories, “Mythical Places,” builds on the foundations laid by earlier work, and Hollander is a rising star in the short story writers’ galaxy.