Story Behind the Story PA

by Turchi,Peter

• ISBN13: 9780393325324
• ISBN10: 0393325326
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-01-17
• Publisher: W W NORTON

Summary

This big, beautiful anthology of short fiction is for readers, writers, and anyone curious about the mysterious processes of literary minds. All contributors have been recent faculty members of the prestigious Warren Wilson Low Residency Program, including such literary favorites as Margot Livesey, Charles Baxter, Robert Boswell, Jim Shepard, Antonya Nelson, David Shields, and the editors themselves. Each writer was asked to submit an original story, accompanied by an essay describing the challenges of the story and how they were met. Since writers resist herding, the editors were happily surprised by the wide range of essays'”"fiction writers, when given the space, think about their work very differently." We learn about the genesis of a story, how story evolves, what was eventually relinquished and why, and how a story'”surprisingly'”might "insist" on changing. Arranged alphabetically by author, and beginning with Richard Russo's cogent introduction, this volume is a treasure throughout.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Strike Anywhere	p. 19
The Flowers of the Forest	p. 34
A Brief Survey of Ideal Desire	p. 53
The Old Fascist in Retirement	p. 63
The Varieties of Romantic Experience	p. 83
City Codes	p. 100
Sacha's Dog	p. 125
Ice-T	p. 137
My Shape	p. 146
I'm Not Through	p. 166
Mrs. Dimbleby	p. 181
Pillar of Fire	p. 197
Part of the Story	p. 225
Morton and Lilly, Dredge and Fill	p. 249
That's Right, You're Not From Texas	p. 265
Out Here	p. 280
Mortality	p. 301
Night Train	p. 308
Stranger	p. 324
The People Who Own Pianos	p. 345
Maria Elena	p. 353
The Annunciation	p. 367
The Moon Over Wapakoneta	p. 396
Love and Hydrogen	p. 407
Night, Truck, Two Lights Burning	p. 427
A Walk in Winter	p. 442
Contributors' Biographies	p. 471
Permissions	p. 477
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