Stories From The Blue Moon Cafe IV

by Sonny Brewer

• ISBN13: 9781596921429
• ISBN10: 1596921420
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: MacAdam/Cage

Summary

"The fourth edition of the acclaimed Blue Moon Cafe series serves up another hearty helping of Southern fiction, essays, poems, and musical musings by both seasoned prize-winners and up-and-coming writers. With stories ranging from a heartbreaking funeral for a beloved goat and an aspiring musician's move to Nashville to the memory of two children who disappear in the thick summer heat, this diverse collection is sure to satisfy everyone's appetite."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Sonny Brewer	1	(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sonny Brewer	5	(2)
OUR UNCLE WILLEM STANFIELD
Howard Bahr	7	(18)
GOOD NEIGHBORS
John Boyer	25	(8)
DEAR FRIEND
Rick Bragg	33	(4)
THOSE SUMMER SUNDAYS
Andrea Hollander Budy	37	(2)
AN EXPLANATION
Andrea Hollander Budy	39	(2)
IN THE THIRTEENTH YEAR OF THE JONQUIL
David Campbell	41	(10)
JOE AND SHEILA
Marshall Chapman	51	(8)
LIKE KUDZU
Ryan Clark	59	(8)
PULP FISHIN'
Jim Dees	67	(20)
TAKING OFF FROM WELTY
Ellen Douglas	87	(8)
SPLEEN
Ann Fisher-Wirth	95	(2)
WHERE, BENEATH THE MAGNOLIA
Ann Fisher-Wirth	97	(2)
STRAWBERRY FIZZLE
Kristin Grant	99	(6)
WHEN THE FISH DON'T BITE
Jason Headley	105	(6)
THE BEAUTY SEAT
Ingrid Hill	111	(14)
THE THING WITH FEATHERS
Suzanne Hudson	125	(6)
CICADAS
Cecilia Johnson	131	(4)
IN THE TALL GRASS
Bret Anthony Johnston	135	(20)
THE MIDWIFE'S SON
Suzanne Kingsbury	155	(6)
GHOST DANCE
Chip Livingston	161	(4)
LOST, NOT LOST
Humphreys McGee	165	(12)
JIMMY THE PLAYWRIGHT BEGAN TO SLUR
Jeff McNeil	177	(14)
TALK
Diane McWhorter	191	(10)
BROAD AND JACKSON
Carol Megathlin	201	(2)
REHAB
Janet Nodar	203	(4)
CHICKEN BONE MAN
Anna Olswanger	207	(10)
THE CRYPTOGRAPH
Nic Pizzolatto	217	(18)
CHITLINS
Robert St. John	235	(6)
THE TURKEY HUNT
Philip Shirley	241	(12)
DOWN THERE ON A VISIT
Charles Simic	253	(14)
SHADOW AND SOLOMON
Mac Walcott	267	(6)
A FULL BOAT
Daniel Wallace	273	(8)
THE FREDDIES
M.O. Walsh	281	(14)
A MAP OF THE FOREST
Marly Youmans	295	(10)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	305