“The End of the Nuclear Era”
| Title | “The End of the Nuclear Era” |
| Year for Search | 2022 |
| Authors | Kern, Sim |
| Secondary Title | Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: A Collection of Stories |
| Pagination | 137-151 |
| Date Published | 2022 |
| Publisher | Android Press |
| Place Published | Eugene, OR |
| ISBN Number | 978-1958121030 |
| Keywords | Genderqueer author, US author |
| Annotation | The story is set in one of many Children’s Centers which were initially established as refuges for queer and trans children who were being abused to which they could escape with no questions asked. The protagonist is a founder of and consultant at the first one and the story focuses on their relationship with one child, but it also becomes clear that the nuclear family is more generally losing its hold. |
| Info Notes | First publication |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Genderqueer author, previously known as Simone, who uses the pronouns they/their. |
| Full Text | 2022 Kern, Sim. “The End of the Nuclear Era.” In their Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: A Collection of Stories (Eugene, OR: Android Press, 2022), 137-151. First publication The story is set in one of many Children’s Centers which were initially established as refuges for queer and trans children who were being abused to which they could escape with no questions asked. The protagonist is a founder of and consultant at the first one and the story focuses on their relationship with one child, but it also becomes clear that the nuclear family is more generally losing its hold. Genderqueer author, previously known as Simone (see 2019 Kern), who uses the pronouns they/their. |
