02108cam a2200337 i 4500 2603223083 TxAuBib 20251027120000.0 250307s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024043447 9780063419971 paperback 0063419971 paperback (OCoLC)1493663431 TxAuBib rda Rigg, Mariah, author. Extinction capital of the world (Compilation.) Extinction capital of the world : stories / Mariah Rigg. First edition. New York, New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] 242 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Target Island -- Dawn chorus -- I made this place for you -- Orfea -- The all of it -- Field dressing -- After Ivan -- (Partheno)Genesis -- Poachers -- Extinction capital of the world. "In ten ... stories, Mariah Rigg immerses readers in contemporary Hawaii. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, these stories of love, longing, and grief are fierce dispatches from a state haunted by the specter of colonization--a precious biome under constant threat. An older man grapples with the American-weapons research conducted on a neighboring island that reverberates through his entire life. A pregnant woman seeks belonging while poaching flowers in the rainforest with her partner's mother. Two teenage girls find love during a summer spent on Midway Atoll. A young woman returns home to Oahu following a breakup and reconnects with her estranged father and the island itself. Linked by both place and character, Rigg's stories illuminate the exotification and commodification of Hawaii in the American mythos"-- Provided by publisher. 20251027. Hawaii Fiction. Hawaii Social life and customs Fiction. Short stories. lcgft TXKIP