Synopses & Reviews
Highly regarded for her deft and humorous portrayals of the dark side of modern living, Maxine Chernoff’s latest collection is a droll, poetic field guide to the endearing and troubling aspects of human behavior. Chernoff fans will relish the sixteen new stories, and new readers will discover a wonderful assemblage of Chernoff’s likeable and contemplative characters. Chernoff continues to establish herself as a master of the short story genre with this excellent collection.
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Born in Chicago in 1952, Maxine Chernoff has published several collections of poems, short stories, and novels, including Signs of Devotion, which was a New York Times Notable Book. She edits the long-running literary journal New American Writing and is chair of the Creative Writing Department at San Francisco State University.
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Synopsis
Fiction. Highly regarded for her deft and humorous portrayals of the dark side of modern living, Maxine Chernoff's latest collection is a droll, poetic field guide to the endearing and troubling aspects of human behavior. Chernoff fans will relish the 16 new stories, and new readers will discover a wonderful assemblage of Chernoff's likeable and contemplative characters. Chernoff continues to establish herself as a master of the short story genre with this excellent collection. Other titles from Chernoff available at SPD include JAPAN, UTOPIA TV STORE, and AMERICAN HEAVEN.
Synopsis
Maxine Chernoff's spry, well-crafted stories illuminate the funny and disquieting subtleties of urban couples and families.
About the Author
Maxine Chernoff was born in Chicago, Illinois in the year of 1952, where she grew up, and attended the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.She is an American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor. Maxine Chernoff is a professor and Chair of the Creative Writing program at San Francisco State University. With her husband, Paul Hoover, she edits the long-running literary journal New American Writing. She is the author of six books of fiction and eight books of poetry, most recently The Turning (2008) and Among the Names (2005), both from Apogee Press. She currently lives in Mill Valley, California with her husband and three children.