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New Stories from the Midwest 2012 / edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham ; with an introduction by guest editor John McNally.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American--Middle West.
- Short stories, American.
- American fiction--21st century.
- American fiction.
- Middle West--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Middle West.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, IN : Quarry Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- New Stories from the Midwest presents a collection of stories that celebrate an American region too often ignored in discussions about distinctive regional literature. The editors solicited nominations from more than 300 magazines, literary journals, and small presses and narrowed the selection to 19 authors. The stories, written by Midwestern writers or focusing on the Midwest, demonstrate that the quality of fiction from and about the heart of the country rivals that of any other region. Guest editor John McNally introduces the anthology, which features short fiction by Charles Baxter, Da
- Contents:
- Mr. Scary / Charles Baxter
- To psychic underworld: / Dan Chaon
- Townie / Roderic Crooks
- The amnesiac in the maze / Michael Czyzniejewski
- The deep / Anthony Doerr
- Circling in the air / David Driscoll
- Down to bone / Roxane Gay
- Starry night / Lania Knight
- Peter Torrelli, falling apart / Rebecca Makkai
- In which a coffin is a bed but an ox is not a coffin / Brenda K. Marshall
- Drunk girl in stilettos / Lee Martin
- The state bird of Minnesota / Charles McLeod
- The five points of performance / Christopher Mohar
- The baby glows / David James Poissant
- Splendid, silent sun / Yelizaveta P. Renfro
- Miscarriages / Shannon Robinson
- American bulldog / Chad Simpson
- Twelve + twelve / Christine Sneed
- A dry season / Ian Stansel
- Schnecks / Mark Wisniewski.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-24344-4
- 0-253-00825-5
- OCLC:
- 834129298
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