Synopses & Reviews
Short Stories by Andrea Lee, Thom Jones, John Updike, Mary Gordon, Joanna Scott, Diane Johnson, Antonya Nelson, Harlan Ellison, and Alice Munro.
Table of Contents
Playing with dynamite / John Updike -- The Girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill -- A Real life / Alice Munro -- Silent passengers / Larry Woiwode -- Queen Wintergreen / Alice Fulton -- The Man who rowed Christopher Columbus ashore / Harlan Ellison -- Poltergeists / Jane Shapiro -- Red moccasins / Susan Power -- I want to live! / Thom Jones -- Charlotte / Tony Early -- What the thunder said / Janet Peery -- Naked ladies / Antonya Nelson -- Man, woman and boy / Stephen Dixon -- Winter barley / Andrea Lee -- Concerning mold upon the skin, etc. / Joanna Scott -- Pray without ceasing / Wendell Berry -- Gold / Kim Edwards -- Great Barrier Reef / Diane Johnson -- Terrific mother / Lorrie Moore -- The Important houses / Mary Gordon.