Yxta Maya Murray is the author of twelve books, including A History of Hazardous Objects: A Novel, along with the books Art is Everything: A Novel and God Went Like That: A Novel. Murray has won a Whiting Award and has been named a fellow at the Huntington Library for her work on radionuclide contamination in Simi Valley, California.
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It is also a force of nature.... Murray's writing honestly and directly exposes ongoing human behaviors we rarely talk about."-Story Circle Book Reviews "...fearless and revelatory.... It is absolutely essential reading."-Buzzfeed "Stories of life and bureaucracy intertwine in the wake of historic disasters, from the western wildfires to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Murray's stories feature the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Education, and the lives of regular people caught up in the all-too-familiar dystopian currents of the day."-The Millions "Murray's stories are chilling, well-crafted firecrackers that illuminate as much as they startle. With this collection, she affirms short fiction's power both to entertain and to tackle big issues."- Daniel A. Olivas, Los Angeles Review of Books "Most writers are afraid of tackling these issues head on; Murray should be commended for not backing away and urging the reader to look with her." - Maceo Montoya, author of The Scoundrel and the Optimist "Murray's style is, by turns, sarcastic, witty, sobering, didactic, poignant, informative-and full of corazOn. I believe it is a significant contribution."-Patricia Santana, author of Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility