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Anne Valente is the author of two novels, The Desert Sky Before Us (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2019) and Our Hearts Will Burn US Down (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2016), as well as the short story collection, By Light We Knew Our Names (Dzanc Books, 2014). She is also the author of the fiction chapbook, An Elegy for Mathematics (Bull City Press, 2017). Her fiction appears in One Story, American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review and The Chicago Tribune, and her essays appear in The Believer and The Washington Post. Originally from St. Louis, she teaches creative writing and literature at Hamilton College.

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	Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down 3.06 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Light We Knew Our Names really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Desert Sky Before Us 3.59 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elegy for Mathematics 4.21 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of the Web 2010: Travels in the Footsteps of the Commodore Who Saved America by Matt Bell (Editor), Kathy Fish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nanette Rayman-Rivera (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surreal South '11 by Laura Benedict (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Pinckney Benedict (Editor/Contributor), Rose Bunch 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keyhole 8 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Short Fiction (Volume 23, Issue 71, Summer 2020) by Rebecca Markovits (Editor), Adeena Reitberger (Editor), Brandon Hobson 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One-Story #205 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Us You Were Here 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We met among tall pines, separate blood, divided by arms and hands and hearts and lungs that all held the same wounds—mine”
― Anne Valente, By Light We Knew Our Names

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“I knew my father had told her this, his bevy of trivia, little details she let slide in passing but with fixed frequency now, letting him breathe the air through her.”
― Anne Valente, By Light We Knew Our Names

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“I waited for dawn beneath the blaze, streaks so palette luminous I wanted someone next to me to watch a rage of electricity, magnetic storm, made beautiful only by collision, trapped, shuttling toward earth just to break apart.”
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