Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
California Shorts provides a vivid, moving, and memorable portrait of the many faces of California. This is American writing at its best.
Table of Contents
Favors / Alice Adams -- Wilderness fire / Gina Berriault -- Sitting on top of the world / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Apache tears / Michelle Cliff -- Clothes / Chitra Divakaruni -- The rake people / Judith Freeman -- Photographs near a Rolls Royce / Dagoberto Gilb -- Condor dreams / Gerald Haslam -- The Pacific / Mark Helprin -- Faith / James D. Houston -- Castration humor / Catherine Ryan Hyde -- Veteran's Day / Laura Kalpakian -- Separate states / Steve Lattimore -- The comedian / John L'Heureux -- One way / Jess Mowry -- The chauffeur / Howard Norman -- A dream she had / Roy Parvin -- The magic pony / Greg Sarris -- Heat / Mari Sunaida -- Original sin / Katherine Vaz -- The jumping bean / Helena Maria Viramontes -- Tell Martha not to moan / Sherley Anne Williams.