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Newsworld / Todd James Pierce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pierce, Todd James, 1965-
- Series:
- Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize
- Drue Heinz Literature Prize
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- News is "one of the few things that connects us as a nation" observes the protagonist in the title story of Newsworld, a new collection by Todd James Pierce that explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. The characters in "Newsworld" seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Seige at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. In the story "Columbine: The Musical," high school students stage a musical written as a means of discussing school violence, while their vice p
- Contents:
- Columbine: the musical
- Wrestling Al Gore
- Arise and walk, Christopher Reeve
- Newsworld
- Studio sense
- Day of the dead
- The real world
- The yoshi compound: a story of post-Waco Texas
- Sirens
- Newsworld II.
- Notes:
- "Drue Heinz Literature Prize 2006"--Ser. t.p.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8229-9114-4
- OCLC:
- 608168803
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