The river underground : an anthology of Nevada fiction / edited by Shaun T. Griffin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Griffin, Shaun T. (Shaun Timothy), 1953-

Series:

Western literature series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Nevada.

American fiction.

Short stories, American--Nevada.

Short stories, American.

Manners and customs.

Nevada--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Nevada.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 349 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2001]

Summary:

Short stories and exciting excerpts from twenty-five Nevada writers offer a sampler of literary talent from the Silver State. Edited by Shaun T. Griffin.

Contents:

From a balcony in Paris / Robert Laxalt

The yellow crane / Stephen Shu-ning Liu

Little strokes / Randall C. Reid

Cockshut light / Hart Wegner

Excerpt from Little kingdoms / John H. Irsfeld

Why do things die in the country / Joanne Meschery

Rehearsal / Bill Moody

Mormon Levi's / Phyllis Barber

Excerpt from Shoshone Mike / Frank Bergon

Stonehands and the tigress / H. Lee Barnes

Excerpt from Soldiers in hiding / Richard Wiley

The excellent house / Donald Berinati

Harmonica man / Mike Henderson

Abducted by aliens inside her brain / Adrian C. Louis

A time to gather stones / Marilee Swirczek

Excerpt from Ringgold's Run / Eileen Cleary

Excerpt from The lost coast / Steven Nightingale

A sunset / Thomas R. Truman

Excerpt from Leaving the land / Douglas Unger

Excerpt from The deep blue memory / Monique Laxalt

St. Francis of Tobacco / Teresa Jordan

Yellowjackets / John Ziebell

Willows / Sam Michel

Porched suitcases / Verita Black Prothro

Excerpt from Natural causes / Erica Hector Vital.

ISBN:

0874173647

OCLC:

45066333