Talty, Morgan

Summary: "Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty--with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight--breathes life into tales of family and a community...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2022

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Hadero, Meron

Summary: Set across the U.S. and abroad, Meron Hadero stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong. Moving through diverse geographies and styles, this captivating collection follows characters on the journey toward home, which they dream of, create and redefine, lose and find and make their own. Beyond migration,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Keegan, Claire

Summary: "Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan's earliest to her most recent work. In "So Late in the Day," Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently; in "The Long and Painful...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose 'Western hero' facade hides darkness. An oil rig workers witnesses an attack on a local...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2024

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times-bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2024

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Driscoll, Jack

Summary: Ten stories mostly set in Michigan's northern lower peninsula, a landscape as gorgeous as it is severe. If at times the situations in these stories appear hopeless, the characters nonetheless, and even against seemingly impossible odds, dare to hope. These fictional individuals are so compassionately rendered that they can hardly help but be, in the hands of this writer, not only redeemed but...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2017

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Mosley, Walter

Summary: "Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to display the full range of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the world in each of these stories...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020

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Marra, Anthony

Summary: A collection of interwoven tales explores themes of family, sacrifice, war, and the redemptive power of art.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Smith, Zadie

Summary: "Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life in the modern world. Interleaving eleven completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019

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Lewis, Carolyn J.

Summary: "The Wolfkeeper immerses us into the harshness of northern Michigan winters, the wind howling, the waters surrounding the peninsula covered with ice beneath the swirling snow. They acquaint us with the flora and fauna from the cherry trees and morel mushrooms to wolves, lake trout and salmon. We meet a diverse cast of characters who yet share one common feature: in one way or another, they are...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Millet, Lydia

Summary: Twelve interlocking stories set in Los Angeles describe a broken family through the homes they inhabit.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Rash, Ron

Summary: A collection of thirty stories set in Appalachia illuminates the tensions between the traditional and the modern, the old and new South, tenderness and violence, and man and nature.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

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Deeren, RS

Summary: "In nine captivating short stories, RS Deeren artfully illustrates the often brutal realities of hard-up Michiganders spinning their tires in the mud of tradition; some find a version of what they call success, some get out, and many just run out of gas. Enough to Lose reveals how a region resistant to change and outside intervention struggles to adapt as small family farms are transformed into...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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MacArthur, Robin

Summary: A collection of short stories gives voices to the diverse population of Vermont, from adolescent girls to aging hippies and from hardscrabble farmers to disconnected hermits, in tales that highlight their individual struggles and searches for their place in the world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016

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Summary: An anthology of ten stories by young adult authors about surprising and unusual collections.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2023

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Meyer, Marissa

Summary: A collection of six stories from the universe of the Lunar Chronicles answer such questions as: How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies?

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Foster, Hal

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics 2011

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Harrison, Jim

Summary: "Of all [Jim Harrison's] creations, Brown Dog has earned cult status with readers in the more than two decades since his first appearance, scrambling to stay out of jail after his salvage-diving operation uncovers the frozen body of an Indian man in the waters of Lake Superior. Now, for the first time, this book gathers all the Brown Dog novellas, including one never before published, into one...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Pearlman, Edith

Contents: Tenderfoot -- Dream children -- Castle 4 -- Stone -- Her cousin jamie -- Blessed Harry -- Puck -- Assisted living -- What the ax forgets the tree remembers -- The golden swan -- Cul-de-sac -- Deliverance -- Fishwater -- Wait and see -- Flowers -- Conveniences -- Hat trick -- Sonny -- The descent of happiness -- Honeydew.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Zeineddine, Ghassan

Summary: "Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2023

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Atinuke

Summary: Presents three tales of an endearing and enduring character, Tola, who lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, brother and grandmommy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

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Atwood, Margaret

Summary: "Margaret Atwood has established herself as a beloved cultural icon and one of the most visionary and canonical authors of her generation. In this collection comprised of fifteen extraordinary stories-some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine-Atwood speaks to our times with her characteristic wit and intellect. Of special significance are the seven works...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023

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