Beyond The Glittering World

From adventures in Indigenous futurism to tales of first love, the stories and poems of Beyond the Glittering World proclaim and celebrate a rising generation of Native American storytellers.

Beyond the Glittering World brings together twenty emerging and established Native women writers and writers of marginalized genders, including Moniquill Blackgoose, Heid E. Erdrich, A.J. Eversole, Chelesa Hicks, and D. Daye Hunter. Immersing readers in worlds as varied as their authors, this collection presents an array of singular voices at their genre-bending, boundary-breaking, devastating, and joyous best.

“★… This beautiful anthology of poetry and prose by contemporary Native American writers includes traditional motifs along with works of stark feminism and hopeful futurism… A.J. Eversole’s appealing and mischievous story “Dilasulo Walks” is narrated by a pair of moccasins on display in a Dallas museum. The moccasins have a conversation with a Native artist visiting the museum, with whom they agree that “art should be admired, but shoes should be worn”.

—Publishers Weekly

“A map of survival and becoming, drawn by Indigenous hands that remember the stars. These stories burn, bless, and build. They carry our aunties’ laughter, our languages, our rebellions, and our love into futures shaped by kin and courage. These aren’t just imagined worlds—they’re remembered ones. This is the future speaking in its oldest tongue, and we’d do well to listen.”

—SHANE HAWK, co-editor of the Never Whistle at Night series

“An evocative compilation of voices pondering Indigenous futures and the shape of Indigenous love. Beyond the Glittering World holds a healthy dose of gender-bending, genre-challenging, future-hoping might. This anthology is a welcome addition to the field of Indigenous anthologies.”

—DEBORAH JACKSON TAFFA, Whiskey Tender

“A magnificent opus my heart hears in whispers and lee-lees, every chord resonating truths.“

—ANGELINE BOULLEY, Firekeeper’s Daughter