Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV


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A collection of essays, stories, and poems by thirty-two Southern writers, including Jim Dees, Bret Anthony Johnston, and Diane McWhorter.




Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe


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Thirty of today's finest Southern writers, including Pat Conroy and Rick Bragg, serve up an intoxicating blend of stories, essays, and poetry.




Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV


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Anthrology of Southern writers




Stories from the Blue Moon Café III


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Presents short stories set in the South, from such writers as Daniel Wallace, Rick Bragg, Mary Ward Brown, Juliana Gray, and Alix Strauss.




The Poet of Tolstoy Park


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In 1925, Henry Stuart leaves his home and grown sons in Idaho to move to the woods on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, Alabama, where he builds a round house and lives for more than two decades on the property he names after Leo Tolstoy.




Between Here and the Yellow Sea


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A debut collection of short fiction from this National Magazine Award in Fiction finalist. Set in a variety of Southern and Midwestern landscapes — from Missouri’s Ha Ha Tonka State Park to a crop circle at a Minnesotan farm — the stories in 'Between Here and the Yellow Sea' excavate the ambiguous terrain of the human heart. With a forceful and compassionate voice, Pizzolatto finds beauty in loneliness as his characters attempt to bridge the gulfs between themselves and others, past and present, and, sometimes, between their inner and outer selves. In this both heartbreaking and humorous collection, we meet a base-jumping, samurai park ranger who parachutes off the St. Louis Arch; a stained glass artist who struggles over his masterpiece and learns through great loss what his true subject will be; and a religious elementary school teacher who tries to understand her rebellious, militant son. In the title story, which first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, an orphaned young man and his former high school football coach set out to kidnap the coach’s daughter from Los Angeles and bring her back to east Texas. With an assured, poignant voice, Pizzolatto places us at the crossroads of memory and desire, somewhere between here and the Yellow Sea.




Disappearing Moon Cafe


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Traces the lives and passions of the women of the Wong family through four generations. Moving back and forth between past and present, between Canada and China, Sky Lee weaves fiction and historical fact into a memorable and moving picture of a people's struggle for identity.




The Alumni Grill


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A short story collection highlighting the Blue Moon Caf? series veterans. Edited by Tom Franklin, the acclaimed author of Hell at the Breach, and the endlessly talented poet Beth Ann Fennelly. As each Blue Moon volume includes new voices, the idea of loosing such enormous amounts of talent and stories going untold was too much to bear. Alumni Grill keeps a slew of southern talent from slipping out the Caf?'s back door and in front of fans.




Southern Writers on Writing


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Contributions by Julie Cantrell, Katherine Clark, Susan Cushman, Jim Dees, Clyde Edgerton, W. Ralph Eubanks, John M. Floyd, Joe Formichella, Patti Callahan Henry, Jennifer Horne, Ravi Howard, Suzanne Hudson, River Jordan, Harrison Scott Key, Cassandra King, Alan Lightman, Sonja Livingston, Corey Mesler, Niles Reddick, Wendy Reed, Nicole Seitz, Lee Smith, Michael Farris Smith, Sally Palmer Thomason, Jacqueline Allen Trimble, M. O. Walsh, and Claude Wilkinson The South is often misunderstood on the national stage, characterized by its struggles with poverty, education, and racism, yet the region has yielded an abundance of undeniably great literature. In Southern Writers on Writing, Susan Cushman collects twenty-six writers from across the South whose work celebrates southern culture and shapes the landscape of contemporary southern literature. Contributors hail from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. Contributors such as Lee Smith, Michael Farris Smith, W. Ralph Eubanks, and Harrison Scott Key, among others, explore issues like race, politics, and family and the apex of those issues colliding. It discusses landscapes, voices in the South, and how writers write. The anthology is divided into six sections, including “Becoming a Writer;” “Becoming a Southern Writer;” “Place, Politics, People;” “Writing about Race;” “The Craft of Writing;” and “A Little Help from My Friends.”




Blue Moon Bay Collection (Books 4-8)


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This book bundle includes five sweet romance books set in the small coastal town of Blue Moon Bay, California, where five friends tempt the legend of Blue Moon Bay—that one kiss, right here by the bay, under a blue moon will lead to love that lasts forever. (The Friendly Cottage, Book 4) Artist Megan Wallace enters a competition to win a one-year assignment in Italy but then discovers her long-time crush on innkeeper Brian Watts might be reciprocated. (The Christmas Cabin, Book 5) Harper Avery is a no-nonsense divorce lawyer whose much-needed holiday vacation is accidentally double-booked with optimistic divorce lawyer, Gabriel Hart, the man who just sabotaged her client’s fresh-start by encouraging the woman to reconcile with her husband. (The Oopsie Island, Book 6) When city girl Janine Wilson gets stranded on a deserted island with Texas cowboy Jackson Davis, she soon discovers that Jackson might be everything she never knew she always wanted. (The Wedding Boutique, Book 7) Wedding dress designer Claire Davenport never forgot about her first kiss with geeky Alex Murphy during a game of Spin the Bottle, so when Alex tries to stop her client’s wedding she’ll do whatever it takes to convince him true love is real. (The Holiday Shoppe, Book 8) Forced to sell her family store in Blue Moon Bay, all Anna Bell wants is to convince buyer billionaire Peter Locke that tradition is better than change, but the magic of Christmas just might give them both the best gift of all: love. “The Blue Moon Bay legend is so romantic and I couldn’t help but long to be in this small little quaint town.” — Ctrl, Alt Books! “Ms. Hatler has a way of writing witty dialogue that makes you laugh-out-loud throughout her stories.” — Night Owl Reviews “When I’m in the mood for a quick romance with tension and sizzle, Susan’s books are perfect.” — Getting Your Read On