Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose, Poems Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms by Persea Books Inc (Paperback, 2014)
Short prose forms are elusive to define--one writer's prose poem is ather's flash fiction or brief essay. Rather than quibble, Short opts for inclusiveness. Here is a dazzling array: 100s of pieces (under 1250 words) from 24 Western countries, written over five centuries by more than 200 contributors, including major authors of every era. Fables, histories, aphorisms, anecdotes, faux dictionary entries, a faux job application, hint fiction, lists, tableaus, meditations, chants, rants, and much more. Intensely pleasurable. Contributors include: Montaigne, von Kleist, Leopardi, Poe, Baudelaire, Bierce, Chopin, Stein, Jacob, Woolf, Kafka, J. Roth, Toomer, Borges, Queneau, Kunitz, Beckett, Milosz, Cortazar, Paz, Barthes, Calvi, O'Hara, Merwin, Lispector, Transtromer, Sanchez, Edson, Simic, Atwood, Valenzuela, Wideman, L. Davis, Komunyakaa, A. Carson, Forche, Harjo, Hempel, Wenderoth, Keret, B. Marcus, A. Bender, Eggers, B. Lerner, T. Brimhall.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Persea Books Inc
ISBN-10
0892554320
ISBN-13
9780892554324
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184720728
Product Key Features
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Anthologies
Dimensions
Weight
400g
Height
211mm
Width
137mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
NY
Spine
25mm
Edited by
Alan Zeigler
Author Biography
Alan Ziegler's books include Love at First Sight and The Writing Workshop Note Book. Professor of Writing at Columbia University, he has taught the short prose form for twenty-five years. He lives in New York.