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Stories
Par Jesse Stuart. 2009
This collection of five stories and four poems was written by Jesse Stuart and adapted for easy reading by Laurence…
Swinburne. In the story "Uncle Jeff and the Family Pride," young Shan is home when the sheriff arrives with a warrant for Uncle Jeff's arrest. Poems include Sib Kales, Tom Kales, and Lemuel Potter. For grades 3-6. 2008The way that water enters stone: stories
Par John Dufresne. 1991
A disappointed Down East spinster who helps a runaway wife, an itinerant father and daughter taking a chance on Provincetown,…
and a Louisiana farmer who sees Christ on a freezer door are among the memorable characters in this collection of thirteen short storiesThe way north: collected Upper Peninsula new works
Par Ron Riekki. 2013
A collection of previously unpublished poems and stories that provide snapshots of life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A 2014 Michigan…
Notable book. Contains some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2013Three lives & tender buttons
Par Gertrude Stein. 2003
Two of Stein's most recognizable works are together in one volume. "Three Lives, " Stein's most accessible work, is the…
psychological portrait of three immigrant women and their lives in a new country. "Tender Buttons" is a collection of prose poems which employ repetitive sentences and simple language to build images. Original"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 languageProse and poetry: Maggie: a girl of the streets ; The red badge of courage ; Stories, sketches, and journalism ; Poetry
Par Stephen Crane, J. C. Levenson. 1996
More than one hundred works of the nineteenth-century author and reporter Stephen Crane (1871-1900). Includes five novellas; dispatches from Asbury…
Park, New Jersey, and New York state; war reports from Greece during the Greco-Turkish wars and from Cuba during the Spanish-American War; and poetry. 1984Sixty-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. 2008The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2006 / XXX (Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses Ser.)
Par Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2006
Sixty-one short stories, essays, and poems from literary magazines, online and print journals, and small presses. Includes Rick Bass's "Her…
First Elk" and works by E.L. Doctorow, Edward Hirsch, Robert Olen Butler, Frederick Busch, Carl Phillips, and others. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2006The Year's best fantasy and horror: eighteenth annual collection (Year's Best Fantasy and Horror)
Par Ellen Datlow, James Frenkel, Kelly Link, Gavin J. Grant. 2005
Some forty works of fiction and poetry published in 2004 by Peter Straub, Alice Hoffman, Chuck Palahniuk, and others. Editors'…
yearly overview of the genre includes sections on comics and graphic novels, anime and manga, music, and the media. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004Memories of sun: stories of Africa and America
Par Jane Kurtz. 2004
Short stories and poems by African and American writers about cross-cultural connections and "third culture kids," those who inhabit two…
worlds without a firm foothold in either. Describes safaris, life among the bushmen, African folktales, and transitions to adulthood. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2004The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2000 / XXIV (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #24)
Par Bill Henderson, Prize Pushcart. 2000
Anthology of sixty-two selections from alternative literary presses. Contains Amitav Ghosh's essay "The March of the Novel through History: The…
Testimony of My Grandfather's Bookcase"; the poem "Also Love You," by Reginald Shepherd; and Pam Houston's wistful tale "The Best Girlfriend You Never Had." Some strong language. 2000The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2001 / XXV (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #25)
Par Bill Henderson, Prize Pushcart. 2001
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition collects seventy-four works from fifty-four literary presses. Contains a broad selection of poetry, an essay by…
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, and stories by Kathleen Hill, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Joyce Carol Oates, and Eudora Welty. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001Papeles de Pandora
Par Rosario Ferré. 2000
La autora puertorriqueña presenta veinticuatro cuentos y poemas fantsticos de corte psicológico. Con estas obras Ferré introduce temas tales como…
la venganza en "La Muñeca Menor," los celos en "El Cuento Envenenado" y el amor ms all de la muerte en "Cuando las Mujeres Quieren a los Hombres."The year's best fantasy and horror: twelfth annual collection (Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ser.)
Par Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling. 1999
Collection of thirty-eight stories and eight poems covering a range from fairy tales to gothic horror. Authors include: Kelly Link,…
Stephen King, Jane Yolen, Steven Millhauser, Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Straub, Charles de Lint, Ilan Stavans, and A.S. Byatt. 1999Wáchale!: poetry and prose about growing up Latino in America
Par Ilan Stavans. 2001
A mosaic of writings about the Hispanic experience in the United States. Selected memoirs, poems, and stories "from different national…
groups, different backgrounds, and...different generations" are presented in English, Spanish, and Spanglish--a hybrid way of communicating. For grades 6-9. 2001The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 1999 / XXIII (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #23)
Par Bill Henderson, Henderson, Prize Pushcart. 1999
Sixty-eight selections--essays, poems, and short stories--from forty-two publishers. Contains works by both little-known and famous writers. Andre Dubus reflects on…
teaching Hemingway's "In Another Country." Joyce Carol Oates's "Faithless" depicts two girls whose mother has disappeared. Also includes a poem by Edward Hirsch, "The Lectures on Love." Some strong languageThe best of O. Henry (Courage classics)
Par O Henry, O. Henry. 1992
Twenty-six short stories, originally published in the New York World newspaper, about city life in the early 1900s. Includes such…
well-known tales as "Gift of the Magi" and less familiar ones, such as "Memories of a Yellow Dog." While their themes vary, the stories share O. Henry's incisive humor, irony, and pathosThe Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 1996 / XX (Pushcart Prize Ser.)
Par Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 1995
Sixty selections of short fiction, essays, and poetry published first by noncommercial presses and magazines. This twentieth-anniversary edition features up-and-coming…
authors as well as such literary figures as John Updike and Joyce Carol Oates. Selections include a canto from Robert Pinsky's translation of Dante's "Inferno" and Eileen Pollack's "Milk." Descriptions of sex and some strong languageRainy day: stories and poems
Par Caroline Feller Bauer, Michele Chessare. 1986
The portable Walt Whitman
Par Walt Whitman. 1959
Anthology of prose and poetry by the nineteenth-century American poet. Includes selections from 'Leaves of Grass,' 'Specimen Days', 'Democratic Vistas,'…
and much of 'A Backward Glance o'er Traveled Roads,' with an introduction by editor Mark Van Doren