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Love stories for turbulent times : loving through the apocalypse / edited by Genie D. Chipps & Bill Henderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romance fiction.
- Genre:
- Romance fiction.
- Short stories.
- Romances.
- Physical Description:
- x, 337 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Loving through the apocalypse
- Place of Publication:
- Wainscott, NY : Pushcart Press, [2018].
- Summary:
- "Selected from hundreds of Pushcart Prize winners, twenty-five brilliant writers -- including Charles Baxter, Karen Russell, Charles Johnson, and Donald Hall -- tell their contemporary love tales, both fiction and nonfiction, in often unsparing ways. In some there is a joyous celebration of love, in others the game is perplexing, but always fascinating"--Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- The Third Thing / Donald Hall Hall, Donald 1
- Telkref / Edward McPherson McPherson, Edward 9
- Sabor A Mí / Alex Mindt Mindt, Alex 26
- A Local's Guide to Dating in Slocomb County / Chris Drangle Drangle, Chris 41
- Elder Jinks / Edith Pearlman Pearlman, Edith 61
- Gina's Death / Charles Baxter Baxter, Charles 72
- What it is / Joan Connor Connor, Joan 79
- Touch / Steve Adams Adams, Steve 92
- The Weave / Charles Johnson Johnson, Charles 103
- The Cavemen in the Hedges / Stacey Richter Richter, Stacey 110
- The High Road / Joan Silber Silber, Joan 126
- Man and Wife / Katie Chase Chase, Katie 145
- Death Defiant Bomba or What to Wear When Your Boo Gets Cancer / Lilliam Rivera Rivera, Lilliam 165
- Say / Joe Wilkins Wilkins, Joe 172
- The Bad Seed: A Guide / Nicola Mason Mason, Nicola 175
- Prowlers / Jack Driscoll Driscoll, Jack 189
- The Widow Joy / Rosellen Brown Brown, Rosellen 203
- The Poison that Purifies You / Elizabeth Kadetsky Kadetsky, Elizabeth 214
- Reading in his Wake / Pamela Painter Painter, Pamela 231
- Narrator / Elizabeth Tallent Tallent, Elizabeth 236
- A Single Deliberate Thing / Zebbie Watson Watson, Zebbie 254
- Madame Bovary's Greyhound / Karen Russell Russell, Karen 260
- The Epicurean / Louis B. Jones Jones, Louis B. 272
- Midterm / Leslie Johnson Johnson, Leslie 295
- The Tower / Frederic Tuten Tuten, Frederic 314
- Counselor of my Heart / Lydia Conklin Conklin, Lydia 323.
- Notes:
- "These tales are hilarious, tragic, joyous, ridiculous, and blissful"--Back cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781888889864
- 1888889861
- OCLC:
- 975366439
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