Up Through the Water(1st Edition) by DarceySteinke Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2000 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3734-0, ISBN: 0-8021-3734-2
"Darcey Steinke's first novel, now back in print, is an unusually assured and lyrical debut. Set on an island resort town off North Carolina, it tells of summer people and islanders, mothers and sons, women and men, love and its dangers. It is the story of Emily, a woman free as the waves she swims in every day, of the man who wants to clip her wings, of her son and the summer that he will become a man. George Garrett called it "clean-cu ..."
Flash Count Diary A New Story About the Menopause (Paperback) by DarceySteinke Paperback, Published 2020 by Canongate Books Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-812-8, ISBN: 1-78689-812-8
Flash Count Diary(First Edition) Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life by DarceySteinke Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2019 by Sarah Crichton Books ISBN-13: 978-0-374-15611-4, ISBN: 0-374-15611-5
"“Many days I believe menopause is the new (if long overdue) frontier for the most compelling and necessary philosophy; Darcey Steinke is already there, blazing the way. This elegant, wise, fascinating, deeply moving book is an instant classic. I’m about to buy it for everyone I know.” ―Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsA brave, brilliant, and unprecedented examination of menopauseMenopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot fla ..."
"Like many of their contemporaries, novelists Rick Moody and Darcey Steinke attended Sunday school as kids but drifted away from religion as adolescents. Now, as adults, they are grappling anew with the teachings of the Bible. Rejecting the hard-edged dogmas of many mainline denominations, they have reread the New Testament, reviewed their own life experiences -- and come up with their own personal interpretations of Christian tenets.Moo ..."
Milk(1st Edition) A Novel by DarceySteinke Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2007 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-027-0, ISBN: 1-59691-027-5
"Mary is a new mother transformed by the birth of her baby; Walter, a lonely gay Episcopal priest, privately struggles with his contradictory desires; and John, a monk who has left his monastery after fifteen years, craves intimacy with a woman. With mesmerizing prose, Darcey Steinke weaves together the lives of these three characters in ways that explore the intersection of spirituality and sexuality and reveal how even our rawest, most ..."
Suicide Blonde (Canons Main - Canons) by DARCEYSTEINKE 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Canongate Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-441-0, ISBN: 1-78689-441-6
"The intensely-erotic feminist cult classic. Introduced by Maggie Nelson."
Flash Count Diary Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life (Paperback) by DarceySteinke Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2020 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-61968-6, ISBN: 1-250-61968-8
"But Steinke longed to understand menopause in a more complex, spiritual, and intellectually engaged way. In Flash Count Diary, Steinke writes frankly about aspects of Menopause that have rarely been written about before."
Milk(1st Edition) A Novel by DarceySteinke Hardcover, 131 Pages, Published 2005 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-529-1, ISBN: 1-58234-529-5
"From a writer of remarkable depth and courage, a brilliant and haunting novel that explores the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. Mary is a new mother transformed by the birth of her baby. She is infatuated with the tiny creature, yet feels abandoned by her husband. As her baby sleeps in his crib, she doesn't know whether to kneel in her coat closet and pray or fantasize about sex. She seeks refuge in her old friend Walter, a ..."
Suicide Blonde(1st Edition) by DarceySteinke Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2000 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3664-0, ISBN: 0-8021-3664-8
"Vanity Fair called this intensely erotic story of a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey "a provocative tour through the dark side." Jesse, a beautiful twenty-nine-year-old, is adrift in San Francisco's demimonde of sexually ambiguous, bourbon-drinking, drug-taking outsiders. While desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend in a world of confused and forbidden desire, she becomes the caretaker of an ..."
Jesus Saves(1st Edition) by DarceySteinke Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3598-8, ISBN: 0-8021-3598-6
"From one of the most daring young writers in America, Jesus Saves, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, is a suburban gothic that explores the sources of evil, confronts the dynamic shifts within theology, and traces the consequences of suburban alienation. Set in the modern launch pads of adolescent ritual, the strip malls and duplexes on the back side of suburbia, it's the story of two girls: Ginger, a troubled minister's daught ..."
"Set In San Francisco's demimonde of sexually ambiguous, bourbon-drinking, drug-taking outsiders, the novel involves themes of identity, the past's impingement on the present, and sexuality as a common, and now tainted, language."
Sister Golden Hair(1st Edition) A Novel by DarceySteinke Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Tin House Books Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-935639-94-7, ISBN: 1-935639-94-3
"It's the summer of 1972 and girlhood has never been more fraught, but Darcy Steinke captures all of it with an intimate, startling grace. When Jesse’s family moves to Roanoke, Virginia, in the summer of 1972, she’s twelve years old and already mindful of the schism between innocence and femininity, the gap between childhood and the world of adults. Her father, a former pastor, cycles through spiritual disciplines as quickly as he cycles ..."
Easter Everywhere(1st Edition) A Memoir by DarceySteinke Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-138-3, ISBN: 1-59691-138-7
""I became riveted by Steinke's tone, a steady, lovely, hallowed, patient, things-in-themselves hum…[Easter Everywhere is] a delicately wrought little volume…This is a beautiful book." ―New York Times Book Review In this critically beloved and piercing memoir, Darcey Steinke, a minister's daughter, recounts her lifelong struggle to find religion. Though wide-eyed and accepting as a girl, Steinke left the faith in her teenage years; scene ..."
Easter Everywhere(1st Edition) A Memoir by DarceySteinke Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-530-7, ISBN: 1-58234-530-9
"The daughter of a minister and a former beauty queen, Darcey Steinke recalls accompanying her father on sick calls, stopping by the scene of accidents, and holding her own pretend wedding and funeral services. Her father's first church was built from a "church kit" and most of the parishioners worked at the local carnival. As a child, religion soaked all her activities. In Easter Everywhere, Steinke tracks her complex and changing idea ..."
Jesus Saves(1st Edition) by DarceySteinke Hardcover, 212 Pages, Published 1997 by Atlantic Monthly Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-693-0, ISBN: 0-87113-693-7
"One brutal man and a night of terror bond two young girls--Sandy Patrick, kidnapped from a summer camp, and Ginger, a troubled minister's daughter--as they struggle to survive the harsh world in which they live. Tour."
Suicide Blonde by DarceySteinke Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 1993 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-330-32885-2, ISBN: 0-330-32885-9
"Jesse is adrift in a world of confused and forbidden desire, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend, Bell. She becomes the caretaker and confidante to Madam Pig. Then Jesse meets Madison - Pig's daughter or lover - who uses desire for her own purpose."
"Sixteen-year-old Eddie, who spends summers on an island with his mother, falls in love with a spirited island girl as his mother, forced to choose between two men, takes to the sea for solace"
"In this landmark collection of original essays, a group of 22 prominent young writers explores what Christianity means for them--and for us--in today's world. Contributors include Barry Hannah, Madison Smartt Bell, Benjamin Cheever, bell hooks, Ann Padgett, and Kim Wozencraft. Excerpt in Esquire Magazine. NPR feature."
Sister Golden Hair (Compact Disc) by DarceySteinke Published 2014 by Dreamscape Media ISBN-13: 978-1-63379-364-4, ISBN: 1-63379-364-8
Sister Golden Hair (MP3 CD) by DarceySteinke Published 2014 by Dreamscape Media Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-63379-368-2, ISBN: 1-63379-368-0