The Orchid Stories by Kenward Elmslie
with an afterword by Robert Glück
A little-known classic of twentieth century queer literature and a masterpiece of eccentric detail, poet Kenward Elmslie’s only novel The Orchid Stories presents us with interwoven stories as delicate and exquisite as the flowers for which they are named, conveying a dreamlike, otherworldly beauty.
“A masterpiece of astounding and steadfast invention.” — Robert Glück
“Kenward Elmslie's insouciance, inventiveness and fearlessness suffuse The Orchid Stories. No one writes like him, no one. His mind travels in language and through sentences that jolt a reader out of settled linguistic paths. His writing marks the road less taken, his stories excursions without plans or plots. Instead, "Nirvana juice [is] for sale," heavenly pleasures the goal.” — Lynne Tillman
01 July 2025
Pilot Press
Pages: 264
250 kr