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Saki, a life of Hector Hugh Munro: with six short stories never before collected
Par Saki, A. J Langguth. 1981
Born in Burma and brought up by two unlovable but genteel maiden aunts, Munro became a newspaper correspondent, amateur historian,…
satirist, and finally, master of the humorous horror story. This biography is based on his letters and an examination of his writings. c1981.Pushcart prize XLII: best of the small presses, 2018 (The Pushcart Prize #42)
Par Bill Henderson, Pushcart. 2018
Collection of seventy poems, stories, essays, and memoirs originally published by small presses. Includes pieces by Jamie Quatro, Saeed Jones,…
George Saunders, Rachel Cusk, Natasha Trethewey, and Francisco Cantú. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2018Pushcart prize XLIII: best of the small presses, 2019 (The Pushcart Prize Anthologies Ser. #43)
Par Bill Henderson, Pushcart. 2019
Seventy poems, stories, essays, and memoirs originally published by small presses. In his poem "Autism Screening Questionnaire--Speech and Language Delay,"…
Oliver de la Paz explores the interactions of a parent with a child who is undergoing a diagnosis. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Guys read: True stories (Guys Read #5)
Par Jim Murphy, Jon Scieszka, Douglas Florian, Sy Montgomery, Candace Fleming, Elizabeth Partridge, Nathan Hale, Steve Sheinkin, James Sturm, T. Edward Nickens, Thanhhà Lai. 2014
Award-winning authors and journalists provide a collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more--all geared to males. In "Sahara Shipwreck," author…
Steve Sheinkin tells the true story of capture, enslavement in the desert, and urine consumption in order to survive. For grades 5-8. 2014The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories
Par Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014Biography of E.B. White (1899-1985), who wrote that he "felt a kinship for animals that he never felt for people"…
and penned the 1952 children's novel featuring a spider. Discusses White's New Yorker magazine days, marriage to editor Katharine Angell, and Maine farm that inspired Charlotte's Web (DB 46839). 2011True facts, tall tales & pure fiction (Southwestern Writers Collection)
Par Larry L. King. 1997
This volume brings together five essays that King considers "true fact," ten that constitute "tall tales," and four short stories…
that he classifies as "pure fiction." All of these pieces represent an ongoing attempt to define and understand his native place and his mind's country. They cover subjects ranging from a rape trial to dubious recipes and points between: writing, politics, Little League baseball, Texas basketball, racial integration in the military, dogs, sinning, and stories of troubled lives. Explicit descriptions of sexHome grown stories & home grown fried lies: words with the bark on them & other Ozark oddments
Par Mitch Jayne, Diana Jayne. 2000
Mitch Jayne was a small-town radio DJ who joined 'The Dillards', a Bluegrass band that became famous as 'The Darling…
Boys' on the Andy Griffith TV show. When he began to lose his hearing, he moved back to his beloved Missouri Ozarks. In this memoir of stories and anecdotes of the quirky characters he encounters and the language they use, he is trying to preserve the memory of the old ways of thinking and talkingThe Nevada review: Fall 2012
Par Joe McCoy, Caleb Cage. 2012
This literary journal provides an eclectic mix of writings on Nevada topics. Selections in this issue include an essay on…
public pensions in Nevada, short stories and excerpts from fiction works by Nevada authors; and an interview with Carolyn Hayes Uber, the president of Stephens Press of Las Vegas. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex"Hecho en Tejas" is an historic anthology that establishes the canon of Mexican American literature in Texas. With close to…
one hundred selections chosen, the book reaches back to the sixteenth-century exploration narrative of Texas's first Spanish-speaking writer, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and forward to voices of the twentieth century. Selections include short stories, poems, and lyrics to songs. Most are in English or Spanish with English translations. Some work is bilingual. Contains some descriptions of sex, some violence and strong languageSixty-three stories, essays, and poems from literary magazines, online and print journals, and small presses. In "Cartagena," Nam Le portrays…
a young Colombian assassin who is in over his head. Also features Rick Bass, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edward Hirsch. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2008Voces sin fronteras: antología Vintage Español de literatura mexicana y chicana contemporánea
Par Cristina García. 2007
Anthology of twenty-one contemporary writers, including Mexicans Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Angeles Mastretta, Octavio Paz, Elena Poniatowska, Alfonso Reyes, and…
Juan Rulfo; and Chicanos Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Rubén Martínez, and Richard Rodriguez. Includes short sketches on each author. Spanish language. 2006New Orleans, mon amour: twenty years of writings from the city
Par Andrei Codrescu. 2006
Essays from a Romanian-born National Public Radio commentator about his adopted city of New Orleans. Includes some pieces written after…
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Describes the Big Easy and its inhabitants, food, cemeteries, eccentrics, neighborhoods, Mardi Gras, and crime. 2006Lone Star literature: from the Red River to the Rio Grande
Par Don Graham. 2003
Anthology of short pieces representing the diversity, scope, and complexity of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Texas. Includes over sixty essays, stories,…
excerpts, and memoirs by writers such as Elmer Kelton, Molly Ivins, and O. Henry. Foreword by Lonesome Dove (DB 22959) author Larry McMurtry. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003Uncle Boris in the Yukon, and other shaggy dog stories: And Other Shaggy Dog Stories
Par Daniel Pinkwater, Daniel M. Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater, Daniel Manus Pinkwater. 2001
Author and NPR commentator relates anecdotes--bizarre, outlandish, and poignant--about the dogs in his life and lessons he and the dogs…
have learned. Pinkwater has faced numerous training challenges, from the Pekingese presented to him in infancy by Uncle Boris to the malamutes acquired after his marriage. For senior high and older readers. 2001. For senior high and older readers. 2001At her majesty's request: an African princess in Victorian England
Par Walter Dean Myers. 1999
The life of an African princess who was about to be killed in a ritual sacrifice in 1850 when she…
was rescued by Commander Forbes, taken to England, and presented to Queen Victoria as Sarah Forbes Bonetta. The queen became Sarah's protector and godmother to her first child. For grades 5-8The tiger in the grass: stories and other inventions
Par Harriet Doerr. 1995
At eighty-five the author of Consider This, Senora (DB 38030) writes "a short account of my long life." Memoir and…
fiction blend in stories of her childhood in California; her college work, both before and after her marriage of forty-two years; her children; and her time in Mexico. The title is from her eye doctor, who said, "Don't belittle peripheral vision. That's how we see the tiger in the grass." BestsellerAdvertisements for myself
Par Norman Mailer. 1992
An anthology of short stories, newspaper columns, extracts from novels, essays, and interviews--connected by autobiographical comments, or "advertisements." Mailer's diversity…
of forms is matched by his range of styles--from simple and direct, as in "Advertisement for Three War Stories," to his sarcastic responses to reviews of his work, such as "The Last Draft of The Deer Park." Strong languageGood bones and simple murders
Par Margaret Atwood. 1994
Three dozen sketches that grin and sneer at taking life too seriously. "Good Bones" muses on the attention paid to…
the skeletal frame when it is what makes bones "bad" that is of interest. In "Gertrude Talks Back," Hamlet's mother delivers a monologue to her priggish son. And "Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women" is one of several pieces with a feminist view on the role of women in literature. Some strong languageTo begin again: stories and memoirs, 1908-1929
Par M. F. K. Fisher, M. F. K Fisher, M.F.K. Fisher. 1992
Fisher has assembled a memoir of her first twenty-one years by collecting previously written pieces about her childhood and adolescence.…
Journal entries from 1927 are mixed with essays written between 1957 and 1992. The development of Fisher's sensibility as a gourmet and a writer can be traced through her reminiscences about family and friends. Prequel to Long Ago in France (DB 35012)