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Writers harvest 2 / edited by Ethan Canin.

Van Pelt Library PS648.S5 W75 1996
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Canin, Ethan.
Share Our Strength.
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In this bountiful collection of new, previously unpublished stories, some of the most talented writers in the country take up the pen to help Share Our Strength (SOS) in its crusade against hunger.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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