"From Oklahoma to California, the many heroes of [this collection of short stories] ... are bound by a common desire for connection and safety--inside a nation in which they have always lived but do not entirely belong. A member of the Osage tribe, author Chelsea T. Hicks' stories are compelled by an overlooked diaspora happening inside the borders of the United States itself: that of young Native people"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.

Title page, dust jacket, chapter title pages and page 3 include text in the Wazhazhe ie language, the language of the Wazhazhe people.

Tsexope --A fresh start -- By Alcatraz -- Superdrunk -- Brother -- A small urge -- Wets'a -- My kind of woman -- The wife -- Full tilt -- House of RGB -- The good medicine of the light.