Author: Michael Delp
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814341950
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Readers of short fiction will enjoy the multitude of voices in this anthology.
Bob Seger's House and Other Stories
Author: Michael Delp
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814341950
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Readers of short fiction will enjoy the multitude of voices in this anthology.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814341950
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Readers of short fiction will enjoy the multitude of voices in this anthology.
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself
Author: Peter Ho Davies
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0544277716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
When does sorrow turn to shame? When does love become labor? When does chancebecome choice? And when does fact become fiction?
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0544277716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
When does sorrow turn to shame? When does love become labor? When does chancebecome choice? And when does fact become fiction?
And Here
Author: Ronald Riekki
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628953101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Upper Peninsula literature has traditionally been suppressed or minimized in Michigan anthologies and Michigan literature as a whole. Even the Upper Peninsula itself has been omitted from maps, creating a people and a place that have become in many ways “ungeographic.” These people and this place are strongly made up of traditionally marginalized groups such as the working class, the rural poor, and Native Americans, which adds even more insult to the exclusion and forced oppressive silence. And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917–2017, gives voice to Upper Peninsula writers, ensuring that they are included in Michigan’s rich literary history. Ambitiously, And Here includes great U.P. writing from every decade spanning from the 1910s to the 2010s, starting with Lew R. Sarett’s (a.k.a. Lone Caribou) “The Blue Duck: A Chippewa Medicine Dance” and ending with Margaret Noodin’s “Babejianjisemigad” and Sally Brunk’s “KBIC.” Taken as a whole, the anthology forcefully insists on the geographic and literary inclusion of the U.P.—on both the map and the page.
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628953101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Upper Peninsula literature has traditionally been suppressed or minimized in Michigan anthologies and Michigan literature as a whole. Even the Upper Peninsula itself has been omitted from maps, creating a people and a place that have become in many ways “ungeographic.” These people and this place are strongly made up of traditionally marginalized groups such as the working class, the rural poor, and Native Americans, which adds even more insult to the exclusion and forced oppressive silence. And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917–2017, gives voice to Upper Peninsula writers, ensuring that they are included in Michigan’s rich literary history. Ambitiously, And Here includes great U.P. writing from every decade spanning from the 1910s to the 2010s, starting with Lew R. Sarett’s (a.k.a. Lone Caribou) “The Blue Duck: A Chippewa Medicine Dance” and ending with Margaret Noodin’s “Babejianjisemigad” and Sally Brunk’s “KBIC.” Taken as a whole, the anthology forcefully insists on the geographic and literary inclusion of the U.P.—on both the map and the page.
Bob Seger's House and Other Stories
Author: Charles Baxter
Publisher: Made in Michigan Writers
ISBN: 9780814341940
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
New short fiction by some of Michigan's well-known and highly acclaimed authors.
Publisher: Made in Michigan Writers
ISBN: 9780814341940
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
New short fiction by some of Michigan's well-known and highly acclaimed authors.
The Principle of Interchange and Other Stories
Author: P. V. LeForge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Nola Gals
Author: Barbara J. Rebbeck
Publisher: epoch
ISBN: 9780990314868
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Essence LaFontaine and Grace Woodson don't know each other, but soon Hurricane Katrina will blow into their lives, forcing them together into a different kind of storm-a storm swirling with the winds of bigotry and prejudice. The hurricane strikes with a fury and although sisters Essence and Chardonnai are rescued, their grandmother Mimmi stays behind with their skinny poodle, George. After terrifying hours in the Superdome they board a bus for the Houston Astrodome along with other victims of Hurricane Katrina, including a man named Harold, who Essence strongly suspects is her long-lost father. After Grace is suspended from St. Catherine's for her disobedient behavior, she accompanies her father, a psychologist, to the Astrodome to help with the evacuees. She sees before her the lessons of her required reading, To Kill a Mockingbird, and at a loss as to what to do, she begins to read the book aloud to a tattered group including Essence and her new family of fellow survivors. With the city of New Orleans devastated, the Woodson family allows Essence and Chardonnai to live with them and both girls begin school at St. Catherine's. But, like a hurricane, trouble is brewing. This is the story of two girls from completely different walks of life and their journey to bring about a healing that will change their lives forever.
Publisher: epoch
ISBN: 9780990314868
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Essence LaFontaine and Grace Woodson don't know each other, but soon Hurricane Katrina will blow into their lives, forcing them together into a different kind of storm-a storm swirling with the winds of bigotry and prejudice. The hurricane strikes with a fury and although sisters Essence and Chardonnai are rescued, their grandmother Mimmi stays behind with their skinny poodle, George. After terrifying hours in the Superdome they board a bus for the Houston Astrodome along with other victims of Hurricane Katrina, including a man named Harold, who Essence strongly suspects is her long-lost father. After Grace is suspended from St. Catherine's for her disobedient behavior, she accompanies her father, a psychologist, to the Astrodome to help with the evacuees. She sees before her the lessons of her required reading, To Kill a Mockingbird, and at a loss as to what to do, she begins to read the book aloud to a tattered group including Essence and her new family of fellow survivors. With the city of New Orleans devastated, the Woodson family allows Essence and Chardonnai to live with them and both girls begin school at St. Catherine's. But, like a hurricane, trouble is brewing. This is the story of two girls from completely different walks of life and their journey to bring about a healing that will change their lives forever.
Eli the Good
Author: Silas House
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763651737
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In his timely YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young narrator and his war-torn family. Bicentennial fireworks burn the sky. Bob Seger growls from a transistor radio. And down by the river, girls line up on lawn chairs in pursuit of the perfect tan. Yet for ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild sister; his former warprotester aunt; and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can be himself. As tempers flare and his father’s nightmares rage, Eli watches from the sidelines, but soon even he cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war -- a quintessentially Southern novel filled with music, nostalgic detail, a deep respect for nature, and a powerful sense of place.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763651737
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In his timely YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young narrator and his war-torn family. Bicentennial fireworks burn the sky. Bob Seger growls from a transistor radio. And down by the river, girls line up on lawn chairs in pursuit of the perfect tan. Yet for ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild sister; his former warprotester aunt; and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can be himself. As tempers flare and his father’s nightmares rage, Eli watches from the sidelines, but soon even he cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war -- a quintessentially Southern novel filled with music, nostalgic detail, a deep respect for nature, and a powerful sense of place.
Once Upon a River: A Novel
Author: Bonnie Jo Campbell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393082008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
"A demonstration of outstanding skills on the river of American literature." —Entertainment Weekly Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier. After the violent death of her father, Margo takes to the river in search of her mother with only a biography of Annie Oakley to her name. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393082008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
"A demonstration of outstanding skills on the river of American literature." —Entertainment Weekly Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier. After the violent death of her father, Margo takes to the river in search of her mother with only a biography of Annie Oakley to her name. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices.
The Welsh Girl
Author: Peter Ho Davies
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review
Foolish
Author: Sarah Cooper
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1835981372
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Sarah Cooper is an expert in the business of being embarrassed. Whether it’s in auditions, on dates, at work in the Google offices, or on the set of her very own Netflix special, she knows what it’s like to feel a little bit... foolish. From tech to comedy, marriage to divorce, Jamaica to Hollywood, Sarah’s journey to stardom has not been the straightest road, and along the way she has perfected the fine art of trying, failing, giving up and then trying again. And what has she learnt? Periwinkle blue is NOT her color. In this hilariously messy collection of musings, Sarah Cooper looks back on a lifetime of trials, tribulations and public humiliations, and proves once and for all that being foolish is actually the smartest thing you can do.
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1835981372
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Sarah Cooper is an expert in the business of being embarrassed. Whether it’s in auditions, on dates, at work in the Google offices, or on the set of her very own Netflix special, she knows what it’s like to feel a little bit... foolish. From tech to comedy, marriage to divorce, Jamaica to Hollywood, Sarah’s journey to stardom has not been the straightest road, and along the way she has perfected the fine art of trying, failing, giving up and then trying again. And what has she learnt? Periwinkle blue is NOT her color. In this hilariously messy collection of musings, Sarah Cooper looks back on a lifetime of trials, tribulations and public humiliations, and proves once and for all that being foolish is actually the smartest thing you can do.