New stories from the South : the year's best, 1994 / edited by Shannon Ravenel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ravenel, Shannon.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American--Southern States.

Short stories, American.

Southern States.

American fiction--20th century.

American fiction.

Southern States--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 354 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, [1994]

Summary:

"Maybe the best annual anthology around".--Kirkus Reviews. This year's edition--the ninth--conveys universal themes told with southern style. Here, such authors as Barry Hannah, Nanci Kincaid, and Robert Love Taylor speak about issues of race, manhood, death, companionship, and the uniquely southern sport of stock car racing. Includes authors' notes.

Contents:

Nicodemus Bluff / Barry Hannah

My other life / Melanie Sumner

My mother's shoes / Robert Love Taylor

Outlaw head & tail / George Singleton

Pretending the bed was a raft / Nanci Kincaid

Retreat / Frederick Barthelme

Dark corner / Robert Morgan

Landscape and dream / Nancy Krusoe

The palace thief / Ethan Canin

The heart must from its breaking / Leon Rooke

Deeds of light / Reynolds Price

Luxury / Kathleen Cushman

Peeling / John Sayles

Aren't you happy for me? / Richard Bausch

Sweet tooth / PamelaErbe

The prophet from jupiter / Tony Earley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1565120884

9781565120884

OCLC:

31493331