Pushcart Prize XXXI

by Henderson, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781888889437
• ISBN10: 1888889438
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: Not Applicable

Summary

The most honored literary series in America begins its fourth decade. With a brilliant collection of stories, essays, memoirs, and poems selected from hundreds of the best small presses, the annual Pushcart Prize sets the standard of excellence for literary anthologies. Each year it invites nominations from a wide array of little magazines and small presses and presents over sixty of the best; and each year its annual volume is hailed as a touchstone of literary discovery. For its thirty-first anniversary celebration, the Pushcart Prize surpasses its own reputation with an astonishing diversity of writers--some renowned and many others destined for fame.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Bill Henderson	7	(12)
REFRESH, REFRESH
Benjamin Percy	19	(13)
LAUNDRY
Maureen Stanton	32	(19)
THE INNOCENT
Jean Nordhaus	51	(1)
COCKTAIL HOUR
Kate Braverman	52	(17)
DOUBLE ABECEDARIAN: 1963
Julie Larios	69	(2)
VOICES
John Clayton	71	(21)
FACING ALTARS: POETRY AND PRAYER
Mary Karr	92	(12)
HWY 1
Brian Turner	104	(2)
IF A STRANGER APPROACHES YOU ABOUT CARRYING A FOREIGN OBJECT WITH YOU ONTO A PLANE
Laura Kasischke	106	(14)
HARD RAIN
Tony Hoagland	120	(2)
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION
Maxine Kumin	122	(1)
THE FRANK ORISON
Scott Geiger	123	(8)
A SHORT HISTORY OF MY BREATH
Kristin Kovacic	131	(6)
MOONSNAIL
Cleopatra Mathis	137	(2)
THE LION'S MOUTH
Ben Fountain	139	(27)
A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST
Kevin Prufer	166	(3)
ELEGY (WITH ADVERTISEMENT) STRUGGLING TO FIND ITS HERO
Mark Irwin	169	(2)
DOGGED
Risteard O'Keitinn	171	(15)
A DAY IN MAY: LOS ANGELES, 1960
Philip Levine	186	(17)
A THOUGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A FORM
Mary Ann Samyn	203	(2)
PERSEPHONE THE WANDERER
Louise Chick	205	(4)
THE ODDS IT WOULD BE YOU
Alice Mattison	209	(8)
DEAD BOYS CLUB
Reginald Shepherd	217	(2)
SALVATION
Stephen Dunn	219	(1)
REFUND
Karen E. Bender	220	(17)
VEXING PRAXIS/HOCUS NEXUS
Mark Halliday	237	(6)
RADIO CRACKLING, RADIO GONE
Lisa Olstein	243	(2)
BYE-BYE LARRY
Katherine Karlin	245	(12)
MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING
E.J. Levy	257	(10)
SELF PORTRAIT IN INK
Bruce Beasley	267	(2)
THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME
Floyd Skloot	269	(2)
WHAT FUNDAMENTALISTS NEED FOR THEIR SALVATION
David James Duncan	271	(14)
THE LAND OF PAIN
Stacey Richter	285	(9)
RESTORATION
Sally Keith	294	(2)
HOME ON THE RAIN
Jonathan Carroll	296	(17)
CLOCKS
Pam Durban	313	(9)
MYTH
Natasha Trethewey	322	(1)
THE 167TH PSALM OF ELVIS
Tony Barnstone	323	(2)
TAJ MAHAL
Linsey Abrams	325	(13)
NUDE DESCENDING
Dzvinia Orlowsky	338	(2)
HALLEY'S COMET
Laura Krughoff	340	(22)
THE MEDICINE MAN
Kevin Moffett	362	(13)
COOL THINGS
Brian Doyle	375	(3)
STAY
David Schuman	378	(3)
THE FIRES
Philip White	381	(3)
THE WAY OF IGNORANCE
Wendell Berry	384	(13)
HEARING NEWS FROM THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN SALT LAKE CITY
Jacqueline Osherow	397	(2)
VACATION
Richard Burgin	399	(16)
THE ETERNAL IMMIGRANT
Sharmila Voorakkara	415	(3)
DAR HE
R.T. Smith	418	(4)
FORMATION
Kim Chinquee	422	(1)
SOME TERPSICHORE
Elizabeth McCracken	423	(12)
LAMENT FOR A STONE
W.S. Merwin	435	(2)
GASSED
Steve Gehrke	437	(3)
ESCAPE FROM HOG HEAVEN
Dina Ben-Lev	440	(9)
FIGHT
Michael Czyzniejewski	449	(2)
SPARROW TRAPPED IN THE AIRPORT
Averill Curdy	451	(1)
CHART
Kay Ryan	452	(1)
SHELTER
Nami Mun	453	(13)
GOLDFISH: A DIPTYCH
Susan Terris	466	(2)
ZION
Donald Revell	468	(1)
WHY BUGSY SIEGEL WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
James Lee Burke	469	(13)
PORTRAIT OF HER MOTHER AS THE 19TH CENTURY
Keith Ratzlaff	482	(3)
SPECIAL MENTION	485	(8)
PRESSES FEATURED IN THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITIONS SINCE 1976	493	(6)
CONTRIBUTING SMALL PRESSES	499	(11)
FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE PUSHCART PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS	510	(5)
CONTRIBUTORS' NOTES	515	(3)
INDEX	518