title: Writers Harvest, 2: A Collection of New Fiction
author: Ethan Canin
description: Family tragedy, romance and other, more mundane daily routines are the subjects of the stories in this collection edited by the author of The Emperor of the Air and The Palace Thief. A wide assortment of well-known writers, such as Michael Chabon, Gary Krist, Julia Alvarez, Henry Roth and Frederick Barthelme have contributed stories to benefit the anti-hunger organization Share Our Strength. Perhaps because the writers were mindful of their cause, the stories range from moving to incredibly sad in their depiction of everyday humanity. Physical suffering and illness are themes in many of the stories, from the intense physical discomfort of a kidney stone, so perfectly described in "The Stone" by Louis B. Jones to a cancer patient struggling to maintain his dignity in Henry H. Roth's "This Time." Several stories will be especially poignant for parents. In Jill McCorkle's "Life Prerecorded," the narrator sneaks cigarettes throughout her pregnancy, all the while having nightmares about her unborn child. In one of the most appealing stories, Krist's "Sleep," a stock trader holds his infant daughter while maneuvering through a series of late-night telephone calls about an impending market crash. Excellent in its particulars and in its generalities, this deserves to be received well. <BR>Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  PROLOGUE
  CHAPTER 1
  CHAPTER 2
  CHAPTER 3
  CHAPTER 4
  CHAPTER 5
  CHAPTER 6
  CHAPTER 7
  CHAPTER 8
  CHAPTER 9
  CHAPTER 10
  CHAPTER 11
  CHAPTER 12
  CHAPTER 13
  CHAPTER 14
  CHAPTER 15
  CHAPTER 16
  CHAPTER 17
  CHAPTER 18
  CHAPTER 19
  CHAPTER 20
  CHAPTER 21
  CHAPTER 22
  CHAPTER 23
  CHAPTER 24
  CHAPTER 25
  CHAPTER 26
  CHAPTER 27
  CHAPTER 28
  CHAPTER 29
  CHAPTER 30
  CHAPTER 31
  CHAPTER 32
  
  CHAPTER 33
  CHAPTER 34
  CHAPTER 35
  CHAPTER 36
  EPILOGUE
  
   
  STIRRED
   
   
  ( A Forbidden Sips Bad Boy
  Romance)
   
   
   
  SYLVIA KANE
  
   
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