"... The Edge ofMarriage Darrell Spencer, CAUTION Men in Trees Robert
Anderson, Ice Age Bill Roorbach, Big Bend Dana Johnson, Break Any Woman
Down Gina Ochsner, The Necessary Grace to Fall Kellie Wells, Compression
Scars Eric ..."
"These stories offer layered, perceptive takes on what home means to us. The people we meet in these stories are often traveling to and from home―thinking about where they have come from, where they are headed, and how that journey will impact their futures. Although the stories approach homecoming and homesickness through varied moods and styles, they all come around to confronting a shared need: a place to call home."
Phone Calls from the Dead(1st Edition) by WendyBrenner Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2001 by Algonquin Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56512-245-1, ISBN: 1-56512-245-3
" A bodybuilder is charged with superhuman energy and an ability to make lightbulbs explode. A grieving father tries to communicate with his dead son via a tape recorder. A high school girl claims to have her uncle's nipple in an envelope. A thirtysomething woman is fired from her dead-end job at Manpower and comes to understand her life through the experience of a German shepherd. Four ornery squirrels, tied together by their tails, str ..."
"Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction, these stories are quirky takes on contemporary life in which animals, not always large, lurk around the edges. "I like animals and I like men" begins the hopelessly-in-love narrator of "The Round Bar," who follows her married country singer to Nashville in her own version of a down-and-out song. In "The Oysters," Pat Boone "not the Pat Boone" laments his love for his newly married ..."
Large Animals in Everyday Life(1st Edition) Stories by WendyBrenner Hardcover, 168 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1794-6, ISBN: 0-8203-1794-2
"The eleven stories in Wendy Brenner's debut story collection concern people who are alone or feel themselves to be alone: survivors negotiating between logic and faith who look for mysterious messages and connections in everyday life, those sudden transformations and small miracles that occur in mundane, even absurd settings.Brenner's stories range in setting from the rural and southern (a rotating country music bar, a dog track/jai ala ..."
"Wendy Brenner. The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction • • • David
Walton, Evening Out Leigh Allison Wilson, From the Bottom Up Sandra
Thompson, Close-Ups Susan Neville, The Invention ofFlight Mary Hood, How Far
She Went ... Philip F. Deaver, Silent Retreats Gail Galloway Adams, The
Purchase of Order Carole L. Glickfeld, Useful Gifts Antonya Nelson, The
Expendables Nancy Zafris, The People I Know Debra Monroe, The Source of
..."
"Wendy Brenner. “Why does Sonny care if you like this old ugly crazy straight guy
?” Eddie said. “Does he want him?” “No, Sonny's got a girlfriend,” I said. “Though
she does look like a boy. Or a praying mantis.” “Wait!” Owen yelled. “This guy ..."
"This title presents an annual journal devoted to fairy tales, contemporary and historical.Each issue of "Fairy Tale Review" contains poetry, fiction, and essays that either address the abiding influence of fairy tales on contemporary literature and culture, or are themselves contemporary fairy tales in prose or verse. It is, according to editor Kate Bernheimer, "a venue for all writers working with the aesthetics and motifs of fairy tal ..."
"Not only have a breathtaking array of musical giants come from the South--think Elvis Presley, Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers, to name just obvious examples--but so have a breathtaking array of American music genres. From blues to rock & roll to jazz to country to bluegrass--and areas in between--it all started in the American South. Since its debut in 1996, The Oxford American's more-or-less annual Southern Music Issue ..."
"In this collection of excerpts and essays by the creative writing faculty of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the varied genres of the contemporary literary scene are considered and celebrated. Now in its fifth edition, Show & Tell is designed both as a text for apprentice writers and a guide for apprentice teachers. Show & Tell has wide application in the workshop and classroom as well as for personal study, as a point of e ..."
"Work, and the coffee-fueled day-to-day grind, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series."
True Places by WendyBrenner 63 Pages, Published 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0-9986490-1-6, ISBN: 0-9986490-1-5
"27 Views of Wilmington: The Port City in Prose & Poetry is the latest in Eno's popular series of local anthologies. The book showcases the literary life of one of North Carolina's most popular cities by featuring the works of more than two dozen hometown writers. The result is a mosaic of perspectives about life in the Port City in a variety of genres--journalism, history, fiction, poetry, and more. To date, contributors include Wiley C ..."
"The seventy-one flash essays collected here are hilarious proof that you don't need more than 750 words to laugh out loud. Featuring both established and up-and-coming writers, these essays are no flashes in the pan--they demonstrate careful attention to craft and exploration: everything you want in a thoughtful essay, only shorter. This collection is perfect for students of writing and comedy--and for anybody who appreciates a good lau ..."