Short stories, American
Found in 367 Collections and/or Records:
The reliquary, 2003
The road you take to get here, 2012
This collection of stories is linked by characters and spans across approximately sixty years. There are two female protagonists, Hazel and Pam, who serve as the central poles of this work and around which many of the other characters orbit. This collecti
The Rosebud Motel, 1998
The shame of being eleven, 2006
The Shame of Being Eleven focuses on the otherness of everyday living and the human response to pain and suffering. This work meditates on the following questions: What are the limits of our relationships to other people? How do we handle pain and forgive
The sound of snapping wire, 1994
The stone, 2001
The survivors, 2011
'The Survivors' is a linked collection of fifteen short stories spread out over a six year period in the lives of a group of young adults on Long Island. Focused mainly in upscale Nassau County, these individuals come from a background of entitlement and
The temporary life, 2002
The things you keep, 1995
The time for honesty has passed, 2009
The stories collected here deal in minor triumphs amid failure; they have in common the reticence, paralysis, and the crushing apprehension felt by those who do not--or do not know how to--make their lives better. Or tolerable. Perhaps these are condition
The tradition, 2011
The Tradition is a collection of five short stories with shared motifs. The protagonists do not know each other, but they are united through the struggles with power, gender, autonomy, and sexuality. They are women who embark upon journeys of exploration,
The unbeaten path, 1999
The wind and the mist : stories and poems, 1999
The world of possible things, 1997
The world only half discovered, 2013
This collection of short stories revolves around the idea of undiscovered or ignored points of view, particularly within the context of American society. The dimensions of gender, race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, even historical p
Things lost and other stories, 2000
This is how it is, 2009
Collection of stories involving cross-cultural collision and connection, American identity, and for the lack of a better term, masculine angst. -- abstract.
This is not an exit, 2012
This collection of short-stories and a novel excerpt represent the breadth of my writing while studying at Emerson College. -- abstract.