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Writers talking
By John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003
Includes interviews with and commentaries from eight Canadian writers. Listen in to Terry Griggs on where stories come from, Michael…
Winter on writing Newfoundland, and K.D. Miller on being 'an actor who writes'. Also features short stories by these authors. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Words without borders: the world through the eyes of writers : an anthology
By Alane Salierno Mason, Dedi Felman, Samantha Schnee. 2007
Translated stories, essays, poems, and excerpts by twenty-eight writers from twenty-one countries including Bosnia, China, Haiti, Indonesia, Iraq, and Nigeria.…
In Egyptian writer Gamal al-Ghitani's "A Drowsy Haze," a Cairo man prepares for death. In Norwegian writer Johan Harstad's "Vietnam. Thursday," a psychologist interviews a napalm-burned refugee. 2007Prose and poetry: Maggie: a girl of the streets ; The red badge of courage ; Stories, sketches, and journalism ; Poetry
By 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. 1984Southpaw: Winning Season (Winning Season #6)
By Rich Wallace. 2006
After his parents divorce, Jimmy Fleming moves with his father from Pennsylvania to Jersey City. Jimmy, a left-handed pitcher, makes…
the seventh-grade baseball team, but finding friends isn't as easy. Even with his team losing and his dad pressuring him, Jimmy doesn't give up. For grades 4-7. 2006A Noel Perrin sampler
By Noel Perrin. 1991
This Cambridge-educated native New Yorker is learning the rural ways of New England. In the process, which has now lasted…
well over thirty years, he has written about his experiences, ranging in place from the library to the barn, and in subject from a lampoon on poetic research to hints on saving a marriage. Nothing is sacred. Perrin takes on the pillars of academe as readily as he does his neighbors, finding a penchant for the same human foibles in eachEl deli latino: prosa y poesía
By Judith Ortiz Cofer, Elena Olazagasti-Segovia. 2006
This prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican…
immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." Some descriptions of sex. Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Spanish language. 2006Great short stories by American women (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
By Candace Ward. 1996
A Collection of 13 short stories including "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat",…
plus superb fiction by great American authors including Kate Chopin, WIlla Cather, Edith Wharton, and others. AdultPicture perfect (Fiction - Young Adult)
By Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9The day of the locust [excerpt: Readings for Critical Thinkers and Writers
By Sonia Maasik, Nathanael West, Jack Solomon, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. 2004
Ms. LaGrange is strange!: My weird school, book 8 (My Weird School Ser. #8)
By Dan Gutman. 2005
The new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School, Ms. LaGrange, writes secret messages in the mashed potatoes and tries her…
best to get A. J. and the other students to eat healthy foods. For grades 2-4. 2005Nine short stories set in Hawaii featuring the nuanced voices and interior lives of housewives, mechanics, cabdrivers, aging hippies, and…
bargirls. The worlds of Pak's Hawaiians, Asian locals, and the haoles sometimes intersect and collide and other times remain parallel, but each world is haunted by the past. Whether Pak evokes shadows of World War II, the Vietnam War, the radical 60's, or the military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan in Korea, the larger historical context looms ominously in the background. Contains explicit descriptions of sexFlash!: writing the very short story
By John Dufresne. 2018
Novelist and creative writing professor presents a guide to writing flash fiction, which is typically defined as being between 250…
and 1,500 words in length. Uses examples to deconstruct the composition of good short stories and examines what is required. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2018Graduation day (The Testing #3)
By Joelle Charbonneau. 2014
Tensions between the United Commonwealth and the rebel alliance intensify, with deadly action looming on the horizon. Meanwhile, gifted student…
Cia Vale, unsure of which side to trust, must convince her fellow students to believe in her. Sequel to Independent Study (DB 78427). Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2014Just Grace walks the dog (The just Grace Ser. #3)
By Charise Mericle Harper. 2008
With her best friend Mimi's help, Just Grace sets out to convince her parents that she is dependable and responsible…
and therefore ready for a pet dog. Her campaign includes drawing a dog named Chip-Up, taping him on a skateboard, and walking him in the park. For grades 2-4. 2008Waiting for normal
By Leslie Connor. 2008
Upstate New York. Addie's plucky spirit makes the best of awkward situations such as moving into a tiny trailer with…
her difficult mother, separating from her stepdad and two half sisters, and coping with her learning difficulties in her new school's band. For grades 5-8. Schneider Family Book Award. 2008Endgame
By Nancy Garden. 2006
Having been bullied throughout middle school, Gray Wilton is happy to start high school in a new town. But Greenford…
High has bullies too, and Gray's domineering father only adds to his suffering. Gray snaps--and brings a gun to school. Strong language and some violence. For senior high readers. 2006The tales of Uncle Remus: the adventures of Brer Rabbit
By Julius Lester. 1999
A retelling of forty-eight Brer Rabbit tales in "modified, contemporary, Southern black English," with modern allusions. Includes "How the Animals…
Came to Earth," "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby," and "Brer Rabbit Tricks Brer Bear." For grades 5-8 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 1987The hundred dresses
By Eleanor Estes. 2004
The girls in her class mock Wanda Petronski because she claims to have a hundred dresses lined up in her…
closet but wears the same faded dress everyday. And they tease her about her Polish last name. Then Wanda stops coming to school. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1944L'été funambule: nouvelles (Romanichels)
By Louise Dupré. 2008
"Ce recueil de nouvelles est tout entier consacré aux femmes. Il est pour ainsi dire un constat, mais aussi un…
questionnement. Sommes-nous rivées, pensent-elles, à notre destin ou est-il possible de faire le saut dans le vide ? Et qu'est-ce qui nous attend en bas? La catastrophe ou un monde nouveau susceptible d'effacer en un tournemain le passé et son emprise? [...]" -- 4e de couv