Twenty Under Thirty

by Spark, Debra

• ISBN13: 9780684815145
• ISBN10: 0684815141
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-08
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

New to this Scribner Paperback Fiction edition is a preface by editor Debra Spark, providing a look back at her experience compiling this groundbreaking collection.

This collection introduced the voices of a new generation of writers whom Bob Shacochis called "the master storytellers of the 21st century." 20 Under 30 stands as a record of their early efforts, a vital document that reveals why they would soon ascend to the highest ranks in contemporary fiction writing.

Author Biography

Debra Spark is the author of the novel Coconuts for the Saint, for which she was the recipient of the 1995 John Zacharis First Book Award. She is an alumna of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her work has appeared in several publications, incuding Esquire, Agni, North American Review, Ploughshares, and Epoch. She teaches fiction writing at Colby College in Maine.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Judgement	p. 1
Shoe	p. 18
The Gittel	p. 26
The Raising	p. 44
A Model Family	p. 63
This Plumber	p. 73
Aliens	p. 81
The Stone Inscription of Caleb Pellor	p. 96
Riding the Whip	p. 113
Teacher	p. 117
Underground Women	p. 127
Summer	p. 139
Amahl and the Night Visitors: A Guide to the Tenor of Love	p. 147
Approximations	p. 165
Natalie Wood's Amazing Eyes	p. 178
Honeymoon	p. 186
Auslander	p. 203
All Little Colored Children Should Play the Harmonica	p. 238
Porcupines and Other Travesties	p. 252
Thanksgiving Day	p. 259
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