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That's What I Like (About the South) And Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties
Edited by George Garrett
6 x 9, 409 pages
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That's What I Like (About the South) And Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties
Edited by George Garrett
6 x 9, 409 pages
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ABOUT THE BOOK"Southern Fiction is alive and kicking and going off in all kinds of directions as this old century stagers to an end." To prove their audacious pronouncement, George Garrett and Paul Ruffin have assembled thirty-one stories representing the best of recent Southern fiction. These stories weave together themes that underscore what being Southern is all about: the retelling of the past, the uncertainty of the future, the haunting presence of racial guilt, the inescapable influence of family—for better or worse, the struggle for survival, and the tragedy and humor of Southern life. Born of a Texas Review competition to honor outstanding new writing, the collection snowballed as Garrett and Ruffin realized Southern fiction of the 1990s merits a gathering all its own. Contributors hail from nearly every Southern state; their subjects span the world; their style fit no defined formulas; their works both praise and parody the literary legacy of their forebears. Some writers are well known while others are virtually unknown. Unified by excellence as much as by region, these works comprise the most representative and entertaining collection of short Southern fiction to be published in decades.
ABOUT THE EDITORSGeorge Garrett is Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. The Sorrows of Fat City is one of Garrett's most recent books. Paul Ruffin is founding editor of the Texas Review, professor of English at Sam Houston State University, and member of the Texas Institute of Letters.
CONTRIBUTORSRichard Bausch • Madison Smartt Bell • Robert Brickhouse • Larry Brown • Fred Chappell • Alan Cheuse • Kelly Cherry • R. H. W. Dillard • Ellen Douglas • Lolis Eric Elie • Percival Everett • Ben Greer • Alyson Hagy • Cathryn Hankla • William Harrison • Madison Jones • Beverly Lowry • David Madden • Jill McCorkle • Bobbie Ann Mason • Heather Ross Miller • William Mills • William Peden • Clay Reynolds • Mary Lee Settle • Eve Shelnutt • Darcey Steinke • Dabney Stuart • Anita Thompson • Tom Whalen • Allen Weir
ALSO FROM GEORGE GARRETTThe Sorrows of Fat City: A Selection of Literary Essays and Reviews
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