Larabi's Ox

Larabi's Ox
Author: Tony Ardizzone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The interwoven stories in Larabi's Ox set in contemporary Morocco, tell of three American travelers--Sarah Rosen, Peter Corvino, and Henry Goodson--who are each visiting Morocco for the first time. Sarah is running away from a failed relationship; Peter is escaping from his own mediocrity; Henry is running toward his impending death from cancer"--Back cover.

Best of Prairie Schooner

Best of Prairie Schooner
Author: Hilda Raz
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780803289727

Now celebrating seventy-five years of continuous publication, Prairie Schooner has been called one of the best magazines in America by Nan Talese, "the roots" in Esquire's garden of contemporary literature, and one of the best places for "fabulous fiction" by the Washington Post. One of the oldest and most prestigious literary journals in the country, it ranks among Writer's Digest's "Nineteen Magazines That Matter." This anthology collects some of the best fiction and poetry from the writers who have appeared in the journal's pages.

Dagoes Read

Dagoes Read
Author: Fred L. Gardaphé
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781550710311

Since 1987, writer and critic Fred Gardaphé has regularly reviewed Italian/North American literature in Fra Noi, an Italian/American monthly newspaper based in Chicago. This volume features the best of 'Parole Scritte', his monthly columns. Introduced by an essay from which the collection gets its title, Dagoes Read is the first publication of its kind in the history of Italian/North American literature. It serves as a fine introduction to this literary movement as well as a survey of recent publications by Italian/North Americans. Works reviewed include those by Tony Ardiaone, Dorothy Bryant, Pietro di Donato, John Fante, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Frank Lentricchia, Jay Parini, Diane Raptosh, Gay Talese, Sal LaPuma, and many others.

1999 Pushcart Prize Xxiii

1999 Pushcart Prize Xxiii
Author: Bill Henderson
Publisher: Pushcart Press
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1999-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781888889130

The truth is, though the Pushcart Prize is an anthology, it is something else besides. And to call it an institution (after many years it might be called that) is not to see it with full clarity. The Pushcart Prize is a handle on a whole society; and not simply a handle to get a hold of something, but to make an idea go. --Cynthia Ozick.

The Pushcart Prize XVIII

The Pushcart Prize XVIII
Author: Bill Henderson
Publisher: Touchstone
Total Pages: 580
Release: 1994
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780671734374

Celebrating its 18th anniversary, The Pushcart Prize continues to present the most innovative fiction, poetry, and essays culled from independent and small presses across the country, offering readers who don't have time to read the small presses a bounty that is "a tribute to the different ways that writing can move, instruct, and entertain" (Booklist).

Prairie Schooner

Prairie Schooner
Author: Lowry Charles Wimberly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1993
Genre: American periodicals
ISBN: