Download or read book Six Stories and an Essay written by Andrea Levy and published by Tinder Press. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrea Levy, author of the Man Booker shortlisted novel THE LONG SONG and the prize-winning, million-copy bestseller SMALL ISLAND, draws together a remarkable collection of short stories from across her writing career, which began twenty years ago with the publication of her first novel, the semi-autobiographical EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE BURNIN'. 'None of my books is just about race,' Levy has said.'They're about people and history.' Her novels have triumphantly given voice to the people and stories that might have slipped through the cracks in history. From Jamaican slave society in the nineteenth century, through post-war immigration into Britain, to the children of migrants growing up in '60s London, her books are acclaimed for skilful storytelling and vivid characters. And her unique voice, unflinching but filled with humour, compassion and wisdom, has made her one of the most significant and exciting contemporary authors. This collection opens with an essay about how writing has helped Andrea Levy to explore and understand her heritage. She explains the context of each piece within the chronology of her career and finishes with a new story, written to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. As with her novels, these stories are at once moving and honest, deft and humane, filled with insight, anger at injustice and her trademark lightness of touch.

Download or read book Men Women and Other Mistakes written by Alfonso Del Granado and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-09-07 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tales from the Strange Mind of Me Short Stories and Essays written by W. M. Stahl and published by W. M. Stahl. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the Strange Mind of Me contains a few short stories and some Essays. Each draws on the memories, life, and family of the author. They are tied together by life events, the pursuit of love, happiness and memories. I think that you will enjoy them. Jaime O'Brien -- Is about a boy, a girl and an old man. Dreams can tell us of the future or remind us of the past all while reality continues around us. this tale spins around both dream and reality. Which is a dream and which is the reality is for the reader to decide. A Walk in the Park -- We have all been there to busy with our life to realize what goes on around us. This couple is no different from privileged families he keeping the family business going she busy with her life of charity and social life. Neither unhappy but ye neither happy either. That is until this morning when all that seemed to change. Stealing Kisses -- ever think about your first kiss? A date at the fair is just a date, unless you really want to be there with someone else. Will his heart be crushed before he ever gets to kiss the girl or is she wanting the kiss as much as he does. The House up the Street -- after a prank a boy finds himself hiding in the house up the street and spends the night alone, or is he. Meeting her parents has never been like this. Brothers -- memories from the past pour out in this half salute half dish on brotherly love... Spring, Summer, Vacation, Fall, Winter In separate tributes to the seasons one can not forget the little things that make them all worth while. come along as we share the memories and some of the things that makes each of the seasons the best season. Oh, and yes, vacation is a season and should be treated as the 5th season of the year. Alos inlcuded are some poems that are friends favorites by W.. Along with ecerpts from The Traveler's Adventures in Valdore: The Beginning that is available now in a hard copy version and some parts from the yet unreleased sequal sub-titled Another Life. W. hopes that you will enjoy these stories as much as they enjoy sharing them with you.

Download or read book Writing Selling Short Stories Personal Essays written by Windy Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write It Short, Sell It Now Short stories and personal essays have never been hotter--or more crucial for a successful writing career. Earning bylines in magazines and literary journals is a terrific way to get noticed and earn future opportunities in both short- and long-form writing. Writing & Selling Short Stories & Personal Essays capitalizes on the popularity of these genres by instructing on the two key steps to publishing short works: crafting excellent pieces and successfully submitting them. You'll learn how to: • Develop different craft elements--including point of view, character, dialogue, scene writing, and more--specifically for short stories and essays. • Recognize the qualities of excellent short works, using examples from recently published stories and essays in major journals. • Understand the business of writing short, from categorizing your work and meeting submission guidelines to networking and submitting to writing contests. • Master the five-step process for submitting and selling like a pro. Featuring advice and examples from a multitude of published authors, Writing & Selling Short Stories & Personal Essays is a must-have for any writer's bookshelf.

Download or read book Short Stories and Essays written by William Dean Howells and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway written by Jackson J. Benson and published by Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short stories of Hemingway not only have come to be considered the finest achievements of this writer's genius, but also have taken their place as one of the most important contributions to the evolution of fiction. In this volume, Jackson J. Benson has assembled thirty of the best essays on Hemingway's stories, essays that explore his art in all its depth and breadth. The editor has also provided an overview essay and a comprehensive checklist of Hemingway criticism. -- From publisher's description.

Download or read book Let Me Tell You written by Shirley Jackson and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • From the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, a spectacular volume of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, and other writings. Features “Family Treasures,” nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Short Story Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American writers of the last hundred years. Since her death in 1965, her place in the landscape of twentieth-century fiction has grown only more exalted. As we approach the centenary of her birth comes this astonishing compilation of fifty-six pieces—more than forty of which have never been published before. Two of Jackson’s children co-edited this volume, culling through the vast archives of their mother’s papers at the Library of Congress, selecting only the very best for inclusion. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jackson’s landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties and bridge, household budgets and homeward-bound commutes, children’s games and neighborly gossip. But this familiar setting is also her most subversive: She wields humor, terror, and the uncanny to explore the real challenges of marriage, parenting, and community—the pressure of social norms, the veins of distrust in love, the constant lack of time and space. For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jackson’s radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist. This volume includes a Foreword by the celebrated literary critic and Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin. Praise for Let Me Tell You “Stunning.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Let us now—at last—celebrate dangerous women writers: how cheering to see justice done with [this collection of] Shirley Jackson’s heretofore unpublished works—uniquely unsettling stories and ruthlessly barbed essays on domestic life.”—Vanity Fair “Feels like an uncanny dollhouse: Everything perfectly rendered, but something deliciously not quite right.”—NPR “There are . . . times in reading [Jackson’s] accounts of desperate women in their thirties slowly going crazy that she seems an American Jean Rhys, other times when she rivals even Flannery O’Connor in her cool depictions of inhumanity and insidious cruelty, and still others when she matches Philip K. Dick at his most hallucinatory. At her best, though, she’s just incomparable.”—The Washington Post “Offers insights into the vagaries of [Jackson’s] mind, which was ruminant and generous, accommodating such diverse figures as Dr. Seuss and Samuel Richardson.”—The New York Times Book Review “The best pieces clutch your throat, gently at first, and then with growing strength. . . . The whole collection has a timelessness.”—The Boston Globe “[Jackson’s] writing, both fiction and nonfiction, has such enduring power—she brings out the darkness in life, the poltergeists shut into everyone’s basement, and offers them up, bringing wit and even joy to the examination.”—USA Today “The closest we can get to sitting down and having a conversation with . . . one of the most original voices of her generation.”—The Huffington Post

Download or read book Short Stories and Essays from Literature and Life written by William Dean Howells and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) is one of the greatest works by William Dean Howells .

Download or read book Short Stories Essays and Comments written by Conley Tim (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cabin Life Ain t Easy a Collection of Short Stories Essays and Articles written by John T. Schmitz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-03 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cabin Life Ain't Easy is a collection of John T. Schmitz's early work, some of it never before published. Cabin Life Ain't Easy is a humorous look at sometimes serious subjects, but even the author himself admits "No matter how hard I try, I simply cannot sit down at a keyboard with a straight face...."

Download or read book My Garden of Hearts written by Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Writers and Their Craft written by Nicholas Delbanco and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on material that first appeared as a two-volume issue of Michigan quarterly review. Distinguished writers of fiction discuss the creative process and the direction of American fiction in original essays, interviews, memoirs, and short fiction. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Short Stories Essays and Comments written by Tim Conley and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Stories, Essays and Comments is a compilation of my thoughts over a period of twenty plus years and details some of the evolution of my thought processes. I've included a lot of the 'hot button' topics because people need to think about what we are doing and how we are doing it. Also included are some of my short stories and essays from my college days at Memphis State University.

Download or read book Comeback Kid 101 Short Stories Essays and Insights to Improve Communication Skills written by Armani Talks and published by ArmaniTalks. This book was released on with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comeback Kid is a collection of 101 short stories, essays, and insights to build your emotional resilience. We are not defined by our losses, we are defined by how we rose back up despite our losses. Each time we bounce back, each time we become tougher to kill. Turn your setbacks into legendary comebacks. In Comeback Kid, You Will Learn: Differences between short term thinking vs long term thinking. ✅ The #1 trait all creative people have in common. ✅ Dangers of glorifying someone. ✅ Practicing what you preach. ✅ Dangers of asking the wrong questions. ✅ How to edit your own content to unlock clearer thinking. ✅ Effective ways to handle your enemies. ✅ Unlocking inspiration at will.

Download or read book Linguist 101 Short Stories Essays and Insights to Improve Communication Skills written by Armani Talks and published by ArmaniTalks. This book was released on with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linguist is a collection of 101 short stories, essays, and insights to improve your communication skills. A linguist is someone who is highly skilled with words. The stories in this book will teach you how to effectively use words to create opportunities in your life. In Linguist, you will learn: Benefits of writing by hand. Differences between new media vs traditional media. The psychology of the nervous laugh. Practical tips to improve your camera presence. Personal branding tips to grow your online business. How to dominate job interviews. Techniques to improve impromptu speaking skills. How to tell effortless stories in conversations.

Download or read book American Women Short Story Writers written by Julie Brown and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book Collected Essays and Short Stories written by Harold Lenoir Davis and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: