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Writers talking

By John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Short storiesLiterature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Anthologies, Criticism, Writing
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

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.

Western writings of Stephen Crane

By Frank Bergon. 1979

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Short stories, WesternsCriticism
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A collection of twenty-seven western stories, sketches, reports and letters by the author of "The red badge of courage" (DC25940).…

The introduction considers the literary merit of Crane's work in relation to the mythical elements of the modern western story. 1979.

The Second Macmillan anthology

By John Metcalf, Leon Rooke. 1989

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Canadian fiction, Short storiesAnthologies, Criticism, Poetry
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A collection of short stories, poetry, literary criticism, and memoirs by Canadian authors such as Alice Munro, Carol Shields, Patricia…

Young and Al Purdy. Strong language and some descriptions of sex.

The house of fiction: an anthology of the short story, with commentary

By Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon. 1960

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Short storiesCriticism
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Twenty-three short stories chosen from the works of European and American writers are accompanied by analysis and criticism. The authors represented include Hemingway, Joyce and Chekhov. 1960.

More deadly than the male: masterpieces from the queens of horror

By Graeme Davis. 2019

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Short stories, Ghost and horror stories, General fictionAnthologies, Criticism
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This collection of twenty-six stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcases the prominent role of women in the…

formation of the horror genre. Includes stories from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and more. Some violence. 2019

Readymade bodhisattva: the Kaya anthology of South Korean science fiction (The Magpie series of modern and contemporary Korean literature)

By Sunyoung Park, Park Sang Joon. 2019

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Short stories, Science fictionCriticism, Anthologies
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A collection of short stories from South Korea translated into English, including both classic and contemporary works. Includes a critical…

introduction, an essay on science fiction fandom in South Korea, and contextualizing information and annotations for each story. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019

Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)

By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016

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Serious and literary fiction, Short stories, Science fictionAnthologies, Criticism, Writing
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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. 2016

The incurables: stories (The Richard Sullivan Prize in short fiction)

By Mark Brazaitis. 2012

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Short stories, General fictionCriticism
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The ten stories collected here share a setting of Sherman, Ohio and a sensibility of dark subjects married to an…

offbeat sense of humor. The author afflicts his small-town residents with either devastating losses, cringe-worthy embarrassments, or sometimes both. Some descriptions of sex. 2012

Troubled daughters, twisted wives: stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense

By Sarah Weinman. 2013

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Short stories, Suspense and thrillers, Mysteries and crime storiesAnthologies, Criticism
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Collection of fourteen previously published stories of crime fiction by women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes "The Heroine"…

by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley (DB 50315), where a young woman is hired to be a nanny and dreams of being more. Some violence. 2013

The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories

By Marina Keegan. 2014

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General fiction, Short storiesLiterature, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Journals and memoirs, Anthologies
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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. 2014

Haiti noir (Akashic Noir)

By Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Mark Kurlansky, Katia D. Ulysse, Évelyne Trouillot, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Yanick Lahens, Gary Victor, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Marie Lily Cerat, M. J. Fievre, Josaphat-Robert Large, Nadine Pinede, Patrick Sylvain, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Marvin Victor. 2011

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Suspense and thrillers, Short stories, Mysteries and crime storiesCriticism, Anthologies
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Edwidge Danticat is both editor and contributor in this anthology of eighteen stories written around the time of Haiti's devastating…

2010 earthquake. In Ibi Aanu Zoboi's "The Harem" a playboy tends to his three lovers amid the destruction. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011

Cousin Phillis and other stories (Oxford world's classics)

By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Heather Glen, Elizabeth Gaskell. 2010

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Five Victorian short stories and the title novella by English novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). In Cousin Phillis seventeen-year-old Paul Manning…

meets his mother's distant relatives. Includes "Lizzie Leigh," "Morton Hall," "My French Master," "Half a Life-Time Ago," and "Manchester Marriage" and 2010 introduction and notes by Heather Glen. 1865

Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2013 / XXXVII (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #37)

By Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2013

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Collection of sixty-five works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry selected for the annual Pushcart Prize. In "Helen Keller Answers the…

Iron" Andrew Hudgins reflects on his youthful love of jokes and his adult perspective on the ones that mock tragedy, disability, and death. Strong language and some violence. 2012

The story of Charlotte's web: E.B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic

By Michael Sims. 2011

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Biography 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). 2011

That distant land: the collected stories (Port William Ser.)

By Wendell Berry. 2004

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Short stories set in the Kentucky community of Port William from 1888-1986. In "Hurt Man" five-year-old Mat Feltner learns of…

loss as he watches his mother attend to a wounded man. In "The Inheritors" farmer Danny Branch has an unforgettable car ride with elderly Wheeler Catlett. Some strong language. 2004

Pushcart Prize: best of the small presses, 2012 / XXXVI (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #36)

By Bill Henderson. 2012

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Short storiesCriticism, General non-fiction, Anthologies
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Annual anthology of stories, essays, and poems published by small presses. In "We Don't Deserve This" married, globe-trotting physicians Jake…

and Sarah, who haven't seen their kids in years, discover that the two young teens are child pornographers. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2011

Best African American fiction, 2010 (Best African American fiction)

By Randall Kennedy, Nikki Giovanni, Gerald Early. 2010

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Short storiesAnthologies, Criticism
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Anthology of African American fiction features short stories and excerpts from adult and young adult novels in settings ranging from…

historical to contemporary. In "The Ariran's Last Life" a teenage girl is sold to white slavers by her tribe in Africa. Strong language and some violence. 2010

Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2011 / XXXV (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #35)

By Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2011

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Short storiesPoetry, Criticism, Anthologies, General non-fiction
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Anthology of short stories, poems, and essays selected from literary magazines, journals, and small presses. In Amanda Rea's "A Dead…

Man in Nashville," a graduate student helps her brother move to Tennessee so he can promote their singer/songwriter father. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010

The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories: 2010 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)

By Laura Furman. 2010

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Serious and literary fiction, Short stories, General fictionCriticism, Anthologies
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Twenty short stories selected from literary magazines. In "Them Old Cowboy Songs" teenagers Archie and Rose, married homesteaders living downstream…

from the Sierra Madre in 1885, face disaster. "Clothed, Female Figure" features a Russian nanny in Manhattan. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010

Serafina's stories

By Rudolfo Anaya, Rudolfo A Anaya. 2004

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Short stories, Westerns, Historical fictionCriticism, United States history
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The author tells a series of stories in the tradition of the Arabian nights, only these are tales with a Southwestern Pueblo Indian theme

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