Best of the South From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South,9781565124707

Best of the South From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South

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ISBN13: 9781565124707
ISBN10: 1565124707
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-16
Publisher(s): Algonquin Books
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Summary

The South has a proud and longstanding tradition of cultivating some of the nation's finest writers, and nowhere is that more apparent than in this landmark collection. In Best of the South, Anne Tyler has selected her favorite stories from the last ten volumes of New Stories from the South, the annual anthology that has become the cornerstone of contemporary Southern fiction. Here are twenty stories by some of today's most original and talented writers. So enjoy what we consider the best stories this side of, well, anywhere. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Shannon Ravenel has edited New Stories from the South since 1986. Formerly editorial director of Algonquin Books, she now directs her Algonquin imprint, Shannon Ravenel Books. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Anne Tyler is the author of sixteen novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist, and her most recent, The Amateur Marriage. Her short stories have been published in the New Yorker and other magazines. Tyler’s new children’s book, Timothy Tugbottom Says No! illustrated by Mitra Modarressi, will be published in September 2005. She lives in Baltimore,Maryland.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Anne Tyler
Marcia Guthridge, The Host (1996)
1(16)
From The Paris Review
Lee Smith, The Happy Memories Club (1996)
17(19)
From The Atlantic Monthly
Judy Troy, Ramone (1997)
36(10)
From The New Yorker
Pam Durban, Gravity (1997)
46(20)
From The Georgia Review
Mark Richard, Memorial Day (1998)
66(8)
From The Oxford American
Scott Ely, Talk Radio (1998)
74(13)
From The Southern Review
Michael Knight, Birdland (1999)
87(15)
From The New Torker
Heather Sellers, Fla. Boys (1999)
102(23)
From Five Points
William Gay, Those Deep Elm Brown's Ferry Blues (1999)
125(22)
From The Missouri Review
Thomas H. McNeely, Sheep (2000)
147(25)
From The Atlantic Monthly
Clyde Edgerton, Debra's Flap and Snap (2000)
172(13)
From Image
Jim Grimsley, Jesus is Sending You This Message (2001)
185(12)
From Ontario Review
Stephen Coyne, Hunting Country (2001)
197(10)
From The Southern Review
Max Steele, The Unripe Heart (2002)
207(7)
From The Washington Post Magazine
Lucia Nevai, Faith Healer (2002)
214(18)
From The Iowa Review
Paul Prather, The Faithful (2003)
232(17)
From The Louisville Review
Chris Offutt, Second Hand (2004)
249(11)
From The Iowa Review
Jill McCorkle, Intervention (2004)
260(18)
From Ploughshares
Gregory Sanders, Good Witch, Bad Witch (2005)
278(14)
From The South Carolina Review
Stephanie Soileau, The Boucherie (2005)
292(25)
From Story Quarterly
Appendix 317(10)
New Stories From the South, 1986-2005 327

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