20 : the best of the Drue Heinz literature prize / edited by John Edgar Wideman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wideman, John Edgar, editor.

Series:

Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize.

Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

American fiction--20th century.

American fiction.

Drue Heinz Literature Prize.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize was established in 1980 to encourage and support the writing and reading of short fiction. Over the past twenty years judges such as Robert Penn Warren, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Alice McDermott, and Frank Conroy have selected the best collections from the hundreds submitted annually by up-and-coming writers. 20 represents the best of the best-one story from each of the prize-winning volumes. Chosen by acclaimed author John Edgar Wideman, the selections cover a broad range of inventive and original characters, settings, an.

Contents:

The death of Descartes / David Bosworth

Thief / Robley Wilson

Frankenstein meets the ant people / Jonathan Penner

The luckiest man in the world / Randall Silvis

The man who loved Levittown / W.D. Wetherell

Weeds / Rick DeMarinis

At St. Theresa's College for Women / Ellen Hunnicutt

Uncle Moustapha's eclipse / Reginald McKnight

Ariadne in Exile / Maya Sonenberg

Limbo river / Rick Hillis

Have you seen me? / Elizabeth Graver

Director of the world / Jane McCafferty

Winter haven / Stewart O'Nan

Rise / Jennifer Cornell

Dangerous men / Geoffrey Becker

Vaquita / Edith Pearlman

Fado / Katherine Vaz

The woman in the headlights / Barbara Croft

After / Lucy Honig

Waiting for Giotto / Adria Bernardi.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8229-7241-7

OCLC:

1443722294