PUSHCART PRIZE (2003-04)XXVIII CL

by HENDERSON,BILL

• ISBN13: 9781888889369
• ISBN10: 1888889365
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-17
• Publisher: PUSHCART

Summary

This 28th edition of the annual Pushcart Prize -- the most celebrated literary series in America -- is further proof that these days the mainstream of our writing culture is found in small presses scattered around the country, far from the racket of commercial centers. As the variety of selections in Pushcart Prize XXVIII indicates, it is a diverse mainstream, constantly infused by new work from authors with a vision of what is honest and vital in an often flashy and no-account publishing industry. The Pushcart Prize has been declared "a distinguished annual literary event" by The New York Times Book Review, and has received Publishers Weekly's Carey-Thomas Award, plus numerous accolades, rave reviews, and awards over almost three decades. As writer and teacher Frank Conroy remarked: "The Pushcart Prize is indispensable for anyone with an interest in what is really going on in American writing." Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(14)
Bill Henderson
Election Eve	17	(16)
Evan Connell
F.P.	33	(9)
Myra Jehlen
Sidereal Desire	42	(2)
Eleanor Wilner
A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw	44	(19)
Christie Hodgen
Ecclesiastes	63	(2)
Khaled Mattawa
The Dystopianist, Thinking of his Rival, is Interrupted by a Knock on the Door	65	(9)
Jonathan Lethem
Gate C22	74	(2)
Ellen Bass
A Measure of Acceptance	76	(12)
Floyd Skloot
The Girl in the Back Seat Returns to Pittsburgh	88	(2)
Julia Kasdorf
He Ain't Jesus	90	(15)
Malinda McCollum
Shrike Tree	105	(2)
Lucia Perillo
At Five in the Afternoon	107	(34)
George Steiner
Baby	141	(5)
Janet Sylvester
Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera	146	(23)
Ben Fountain III
Commerce	169	(2)
Michael Waters
The High Road	171	(19)
Joan Silber
Song of the Little Zion Baptist Church	190	(2)
Bruce Smith
Idlewild	192	(22)
Paul West
Cain's Legacy	214	(2)
Richard Jackson
Losing My Religion	216	(5)
Tracy Mayor
When I Died	221	(1)
Mark Irwin
Mines	222	(12)
Susan Straight
Little Text	234	(4)
Betty Adcock
Lost Cities	238	(11)
Rachel Cohen
These	249	(1)
Jennifer Barber
Before Long	250	(15)
Valerie Laken
Ikaria (The Night Watchers)	265	(3)
Kira Henehan
Three Girls	268	(9)
Joyce Carol Oates
Is	277	(8)
Bruce Beasley
Morning Glory Harley	285	(4)
Terese Svoboda
Dedication	289	(2)
Andrew Feld
Sauteing the Platygast	291	(16)
Dean Paschal
Adept	307	(3)
Dana Levin
What It Is	310	(14)
Joan Connor
Bonfires	324	(2)
Rosanna Warren
Literary Devices	326	(16)
Richard Powers
Richard Nixon's 1972 Christmas Bombing Campaign as Gospel	342	(2)
Quan Barry
John Muir's Alaskan Rhapsody	344	(6)
Edward Hoagland
The Dragon	350	(2)
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Why the Sky Turns Red When the Sun Goes Down	352	(18)
Ryan Harty
Poem for the Wheat Penny (1909--1958)	370	(2)
Judith Hall
Egg	372	(16)
Shelley Jackson
Roy Orbison's Last Three Notes	388	(2)
BJ Ward
Children of God	390	(17)
Eric Puchner
Like Water	407	(1)
Elizabeth Spires
Bi Bi Hua	408	(30)
M. Elaine Mar
Queen City, Skins	438	(3)
R. T. Smith
Kavita Through Glass	441	(11)
Emily Ishem Raboteau
Cicada	452	(6)
Dan Chiasson
Irish Mountain	458	(21)
Pinckney Benedict
Beautiful Nero	479	(3)
Kevin Prufer
The Return of the Dark Children	482	(11)
Robert Coover
Primer of Words	493	(4)
David Baker
The Lonely Doll	497	(15)
Antonya Nelson
Aubade	512	(2)
Eugene Gloria
Pretty	514	(11)
Margaret Luongo
Five Landscapes	525	(3)
Cole Swensen
Likely Lake	528	(11)
Mary Robison
Quarter Past Blue	539	(1)
Robert Thomas
Afterwards	540	(7)
Jane Brox
Poem to Some of My Recent Purchases	547	(4)
Dorothy Barresi
Special Mention	551	(5)
Presses Featured in the Pushcart Prize Editions Since 1976	556	(6)
Contributing Small Presses	562	(10)
Contributors' Notes	572	(3)
Index	575