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40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
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Beverly Lawn
Beverly Lawn is Professor of English Emerita and taught undergraduate and graduate fiction and poetry courses for over three decades. She is editor or coeditor of several literature anthologies, including 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology and is also the author of Throat of Feathers, a book of poems.
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Joanne Diaz
Joanne Diaz is the recipient of fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. She is the author of My Favorite Tyrants and The Lessons, the co-editor of The Little Magazine in Contemporary America, and the co-host of the Poetry for All podcast. She is the Isaac Funk Endowed Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Table of Contents
Product Updates
- Carmen Maria Machado, “The Husband Stitch”
- Toni Jensen, “From the Hilltop”
- Rebecca Roanhorse, “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”
- Anthony Veasna So, “Three Women of Chuck’s Donuts”
- Jamil Jan Kochai, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak”
Authors
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Beverly Lawn
Beverly Lawn is Professor of English Emerita and taught undergraduate and graduate fiction and poetry courses for over three decades. She is editor or coeditor of several literature anthologies, including 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology and is also the author of Throat of Feathers, a book of poems.
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Joanne Diaz
Joanne Diaz is the recipient of fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. She is the author of My Favorite Tyrants and The Lessons, the co-editor of The Little Magazine in Contemporary America, and the co-host of the Poetry for All podcast. She is the Isaac Funk Endowed Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Table of Contents
Product Updates
- Carmen Maria Machado, “The Husband Stitch”
- Toni Jensen, “From the Hilltop”
- Rebecca Roanhorse, “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”
- Anthony Veasna So, “Three Women of Chuck’s Donuts”
- Jamil Jan Kochai, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak”
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