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• catalog abstract ""Southern fiction is alive and kicking and going off in all kinds of directions as this old century staggers to an end." To prove their audacious pronouncement, George Garrett and Paul Ruffin have assembled thirty-one stories representing the best of recent Southern fiction. These stories weave together themes that underscore what being Southern is all about: the retelling of the past, the uncertainty of the future, the haunting presence of racial guilt, the inescapable. Influence of family - for better or worse, the struggle for survival, and the tragedy and humor of Southern life. As Fred Chappell writes in introducing these works: "Southern literature is almost as legendary a part of Southern history as the battles and politics." Born of a Texas Review competition to honor outstanding new writing, the collection snowballed as Garrett and Ruffin realized that Southern fiction of the 1990s merits a gathering all its own. The. Contributors hail from nearly every Southern state - Texas to Virginia; their subjects span the world; their styles fit no defined formulas; their works both praise and parody the literary legacy of their forebears. Some writers are well known while others are virtually unknown. Only two stories have appeared in previous collections. Unified by excellence as much as by region, these works comprise the most representative, comprehensive, and entertaining collection of. Short Southern fiction to be published in decades.".
• catalog contributor b4185127.
• catalog contributor b4185128.
• catalog coverage "Southern States Fiction.".
• catalog coverage "Southern States Social life and customs Fiction.".
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description ""Southern fiction is alive and kicking and going off in all kinds of directions as this old century staggers to an end." To prove their audacious pronouncement, George Garrett and Paul Ruffin have assembled thirty-one stories representing the best of recent Southern fiction. These stories weave together themes that underscore what being Southern is all about: the retelling of the past, the uncertainty of the future, the haunting presence of racial guilt, the inescapable.".
• catalog description "Contributors hail from nearly every Southern state - Texas to Virginia; their subjects span the world; their styles fit no defined formulas; their works both praise and parody the literary legacy of their forebears. Some writers are well known while others are virtually unknown. Only two stories have appeared in previous collections. Unified by excellence as much as by region, these works comprise the most representative, comprehensive, and entertaining collection of.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Influence of family - for better or worse, the struggle for survival, and the tragedy and humor of Southern life. As Fred Chappell writes in introducing these works: "Southern literature is almost as legendary a part of Southern history as the battles and politics." Born of a Texas Review competition to honor outstanding new writing, the collection snowballed as Garrett and Ruffin realized that Southern fiction of the 1990s merits a gathering all its own. The.".
• catalog description "Introduction-- the good songs behind us: Southern fiction of the 1990s / Fred Chappell -- Billboard / Richard Bausch -- Hammerhead / Madison Smartt Bell -- The sock factory / Robert Brickhouse -- Sleep / Larry Brown -- Ancestors / Fred Chappell -- The Hungarian countess / Kelly Cherry -- The plan / Alan Cheuse That's what I like (about the South) / R.H.W. Dillard -- About loving women / Ellen Douglas -- Silent spaces / Lolis Eric Elie -- Throwing earth / Percival Everett -- Blue hands / Ben Greer -- The field of lost shoes / Alyson Hagy -- Domestic understory / Cathryn Hankla -- The magician of Soweto / William Harrison -- Rage / Madison Jones -- Out of the blue / Beverly Lowry -- The last bizarre tale / David Madden -- Final vinyl days / Jill McCorkle -- Weeds / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Uncle Preston / Heather Ross Miller -- The commuters / William Mills -- Absent thee from felicity / William Peden -- Mexico / Clay Reynolds -- Dogs / Mary Lee Settle -- Distance / Eve Shelnutt -- On this bare island / Darcey Steinke -- Witness / Dabney Stuart -- Mother's wedding / Anita Thompson -- She came, then, to this sea / Tom Whalen -- Bastard / Allen Wier -- Afterword-- Time and the tide in the Southern short story / Madison Smartt Bell.".
• catalog description "Short Southern fiction to be published in decades.".
• catalog extent "viii, 409 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "That's what I like (about the South), and other new southern stories for the nineties.".
• catalog identifier "0872498638 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0872498646 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "That's what I like (about the South), and other new southern stories for the nineties.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,".
• catalog relation "That's what I like (about the South), and other new southern stories for the nineties.".
• catalog spatial "Southern States Fiction.".
• catalog spatial "Southern States Social life and customs Fiction.".
• catalog spatial "Southern States.".
• catalog subject "813/.0108975 20".
• catalog subject "American fiction 20th century.".
• catalog subject "PS551 .T48 1993".
• catalog subject "Short stories, American Southern States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction-- the good songs behind us: Southern fiction of the 1990s / Fred Chappell -- Billboard / Richard Bausch -- Hammerhead / Madison Smartt Bell -- The sock factory / Robert Brickhouse -- Sleep / Larry Brown -- Ancestors / Fred Chappell -- The Hungarian countess / Kelly Cherry -- The plan / Alan Cheuse That's what I like (about the South) / R.H.W. Dillard -- About loving women / Ellen Douglas -- Silent spaces / Lolis Eric Elie -- Throwing earth / Percival Everett -- Blue hands / Ben Greer -- The field of lost shoes / Alyson Hagy -- Domestic understory / Cathryn Hankla -- The magician of Soweto / William Harrison -- Rage / Madison Jones -- Out of the blue / Beverly Lowry -- The last bizarre tale / David Madden -- Final vinyl days / Jill McCorkle -- Weeds / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Uncle Preston / Heather Ross Miller -- The commuters / William Mills -- Absent thee from felicity / William Peden -- Mexico / Clay Reynolds -- Dogs / Mary Lee Settle -- Distance / Eve Shelnutt -- On this bare island / Darcey Steinke -- Witness / Dabney Stuart -- Mother's wedding / Anita Thompson -- She came, then, to this sea / Tom Whalen -- Bastard / Allen Wier -- Afterword-- Time and the tide in the Southern short story / Madison Smartt Bell.".
• catalog title "That's what I like (about the South), and other new southern stories for the nineties / edited by George Garrett and Paul Ruffin.".
• catalog type "Short stories.".
• catalog type "text".