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Writers harvest 2 / edited by Ethan Canin.
LIBRA - Special PS648.S5 W75 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American.
- American fiction--20th century.
- American fiction.
- United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Short stories, American.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 325 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Writers harvest two
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., [1996]
- Summary:
- In this bountiful collection of new, previously unpublished stories, some of the most talented writers in the country take up the pen to help Share Our Strength (SOS) in its crusade against hunger. Featured contributors include Julia Alvarez, David Haynes, Frederick Barthelme, Jill McCorkle, and Michael Chabon. Published to coincide with SOS's Writers' Harvest: The National Reading on November 14, 1996.
- Contents:
- The Snow Thief / Melanie Rae Thon 1
- The Impossible to Kill Me Game / Po Bronson 13
- Spikes / Michael Chabon 36
- Life Prerecorded / Jill McCorkle 48
- Sleep / Gary Krist 73
- A Bathrobe, A Steak / Jay Gummerman 89
- The Glorious Mysteries / Alice Fulton 104
- Dallas / Frederick Barthelme 122
- The Stone / Louis B. Jones 143
- So Far You Can't Imagine / Susan Dodd 161
- Women Like Those / David Haynes 181
- Liberty / Julia Alvarez 192
- This Time / Henry H. Roth 201
- In 1979 / Mary Gaitskill 211
- News about People You Know / Robert Phillips 236
- Ofelia Rodriguez / Judith Freeman 245
- Remember Why We're Here / George Singleton 277
- Penny Dreadfuls / Heidi Julavits 293.
- Notes:
- Contributions recruited and coordinated by staff of Share Our Strength.
- "A Harvest original."
- ISBN:
- 0156002469
- OCLC:
- 34710810
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