The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003

Author: Dave Eggers

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780618246960

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The "fresh anthology of hip American writings" (Forth Worth Morning Star-Telegram) returns this year with a spectacular array of fiction, nonfiction, and humor, drawn from traditional and alternative magazines by Dave Eggers.

Legendary Texas Storytellers
Legendary Texas Storytellers

Author: Jim Gramon

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Published: 2002-10-29

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1461662052

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Storytelling is alive and well in Texas! Let storyteller and biographer Jim Gramon give you a personal introduction to some of his legendary storytelling friends.

Public Domain Plays
Public Domain Plays

Author: Walter Ben Hare

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1434475298

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Denison's Select Plays edition of "An Old-Fashioned Mother," by Walter Ben Hare. A dramatic parable of a mother's love in three acts.

The American Short Story Handbook
The American Short Story Handbook

Author: James Nagel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-02-23

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0470655410

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This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin’s “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” in 1747 to “The Joy Luck Club”. Includes a selection of writers chosen not only for their contributions of individual stories but for bodies of work that advanced the boundaries of short fiction, including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tim O’Brien Addresses the ways in which American oral storytelling and other narrative traditions were integral to the formation and flourishing of the short story genre Written in accessible and engaging prose for students at all levels by a renowned literary scholar to illuminate an important genre that has received short shrift in scholarly literature of the last century Includes a glossary defining the most common terms used in literary history and in critical discussions of fiction, and a bibliography of works for further study

The Papaw Diary
The Papaw Diary

Author: Dennis W. Shepherd

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2005-10-24

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1452072795

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Ghosts. Ghouls. Goblins. Just about every G word that makes your blood turn blue. It’s in here. Banshees too. And one seriously baaaaaaad wizard. Dragons. Knights with long poles. Knights with rusty butts. It’s all inside these covers. Two brothers who grow up around a house made of blue and white bricks. One becomes a singer and the other a teacher. But both wind up colliding with a tanker truck and die, exploding into space. In here, I tell you. There’s also a castle where a man named Rocky falls in love with someone named Katie. Yeah, pretty yucky stuff, I know. That’s in here too. But what happens in that castle will curdle your blood, and make you hurl your lunch. You got to see that stuff. Oh, and basketball too. The most famous basketball game of all time is right inside this book. Where can you buy a book with so much stuff for less than a thousand dollars? Hurry, before the author catches on and raises up the price. (This book was named a finalist in the children's fiction category of the Fresh Voices 2006 Awards, sponsored by the Writer's Marketing Association)