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A collection of outstanding short stories by masterful voices in Southern literature features a broad spectrum of twenty works by both established authors and new writers, including Wendell Berry, George Singleton, Tony Earley, Erin Brooks Worley, and J. D. Chapman, among others, all selected and introduced by guest editor Allan Gurganus. Original.
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This year, acclaimed short-story writer ZZ Packer chooses twenty distinctive stories representing the great number of voices and narratives coming out of the South. Some of the youngest and freshest talents on the literary horizon—Bret Anthony Johnston, Kevin Brockmeier, Holly Goddard Jones—accompany well-known Southern stalwarts, including Pinckney Benedict, Clyde Edgerton, and Ron Rash. Their stories tell of life as it is now, a life not seen in romanticized Southern fiction, one where existence—both urban and rural—is as raw and risky as it is alluring. The energy of this collection courses through every one of Packer's edgy, funny, and gritty selections.
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