Fiction

ISBN: 9780813196978
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
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"Even in death, who has ownership over Black women's bodies?"

Questions like this sit between the lines of this stunning collection of stories that engage the nuance of African women's histories. Their history is not just one thing, there... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813196534
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
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The brutality of war and abuse is juxtaposed with the banal in this story of two women who spend their days transcribing the testimonies of Abu Ghraib prisoners. The prisoners' gruesome accounts of physical and sexual abuse, torture, sodomy, and m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781950564286
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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An early American adage proclaimed: "The frontier was heaven for men and dogs
face=Calibri>– hell for women and mules." Since the 1700s, when his name first appeared in print, Daniel Boone has been synonymous with America's w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822947493
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize
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Happiness and connection prove fickle in this debut collection of eleven linked stories introducing Babbie and Donnie. She is a thrice-divorced former call girl, and he is a sobriety-challenged trucker turned yogi. Along with their community of ex... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781950564255
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
James Still left eastern Kentucky for Europe in 1941 after enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II, leaving behind a recently published, semiautobiographical work of fiction, On Troublesome Creek. Even as he developed a broader wor... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813195360
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
James Still (1906-2001) remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature. Best known for his acclaimed novel River of Earth (1940), the Alabama native and adopted Kentuckian left an enduring legacy of novels, stories... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822966791
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize
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ISBN: 9780813195353
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813183763
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Kentucky Voices
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In her novel At The Breakers, Mary Ann Taylor-Hall presents Jo Sinclair, a longtime single mother of four children. Fleeing an abusive relationship after a shocking attack, Jo finds herself in Sea Cove, New Jersey, in front of The Breaker... .... Learn More