This Is Where We Live: Short Stories by 25 Contemporary North Carolina Writers

By Michael McFee

Book Overview

As readers across America know by now, North Carolina has produced a remarkable number of talented fiction writers in recent years. This anthology collects twenty-five short stories, all published within the past decade and a half, by some of the best of those writers.

This Is Where We Live showcases a rising generation of North Carolina authors whose work reflects the fast-changing realities of the state's landscape, culture, and people. Their roots may be southern, but their words will resonate with anyone anywhere who appreciates first-rate fiction.

A broad and balanced collection, This Is Where We Live offers something for everyone. Though the stories range widely in setting, character, tone, and even form -- from "short shorts" to novellas -- they are united by the skill with which they are written. In short, the book offers powerful confirmation that North Carolina's literary culture continues to flourish.

The contributors are Ellyn Bache, Sarah Dessen, Tony Earley, Candace Flynt, Philip Gerard, Marianne Gingher, Tom Hawkins, John Holman, John Kessel, Peter Makuck, Melissa Malouf, Heather Ross Miller, Ruth Moose, Lawrence Naumoff, Jennifer Offill, Michael Parker, P. B. Parris, Dale Ray Phillips, Joe Ashby Porter, Ron Rash, June Spence, Peter Turchi, Daniel Wallace, Luke Whisnant, and Marly Youmans. Their work has appeared regularly in such publications as the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, and the Oxford American.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807825832
• ISBN13: 9780807825839
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

North Carolina?

You would never know this was supposed to be a collection of short stories having anything to do with North Carolina. Don't waste your time. Not only do the stories have little to do with North Carolinian culture or geography, they are written by academics, not artists. If any further elaboration is needed on the later point, then don't worry about these critiques because this will be a great choice for you.