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''New Stories from the South'' is an annual compilation of
short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
published by
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between 1986 and 2010 and billed as the year's best stories written by Southern writers or about the Southern United States. The stories are collected from more than 100 literary magazines, including ''
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'', '' Harper's Magazine'', ''
The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...
'', the ''
Oxford American The ''Oxford American'' is a quarterly magazine that focuses on the American South. First publication The magazine was begun in late 1989 in Oxford, Mississippi, by Marc Smirnoff (born July 11, 1963). The name "Oxford American" is a play on ''T ...
'', ''
The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published works by Jack Kerouac, Phil ...
'', ''
Ploughshares ''Ploughshares'' is an American literary journal established in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, ''Ploughshares'' has been based at Emerson College in Bos ...
'', and ''
The Southern Review ''The Southern Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established by Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by Huey Long as a part of his investment in Louisiana State University. It publishes fiction ...
''. Shannon Ravenel, then the editor of the annual ''
Best American Short Stories The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of '' The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in co ...
'' anthology, launched the ''New Stories from the South'' series in 1986 and compiled and edited every volume until 2006. To mark the third decade of the series, Algonquin invited author and John Simon Guggenheim Fellow Allan Gurganus to be guest edito

''New Stories from the South'' has collected the work of many prominent modern American writers, including
Steve Almond Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist and author of ten books, three of which are self-published. Life Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School and receive ...
,
Russell Banks Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940) is an American writer of fiction and poetry. As a novelist, Banks is best known for his "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". His stories usua ...
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John Barth John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a sa ...
, Madison Smartt Bell,
Wendell Berry Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of ...
, Roy Blount Jr., Larry Brown,
James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
,
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
,
Andre Dubus Andre Jules Dubus II (August 11, 1936 – February 24, 1999) was an American short story writer and essayist. Biography Early life and education Andre Jules Dubus II was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the youngest child of Katherine (Burke) ...
,
William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most o ...
(a newly discovered story),
Barry Hannah Barry Hannah (April 23, 1942 – March 1, 2010) was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi.Kellogg, Carolyn (March 2, 2010)"Author Barry Hannah, 67, has died" ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved May 18, 2013. Hannah was born in ...
, Nanci Kincaid, Aaron Gwyn, Barbara Kingsolver,
Bobbie Ann Mason Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic from Kentucky. Her memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Early life and education A child of Wilburn and Christina Mason, Bobb ...
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Reynolds Price Edward Reynolds Price (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 2011) was an American poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price had a lifelong interest in Biblical ...
,
Keith Lee Morris Keith Lee Morris is an American author who has published three novels, ''The Greyhound God'' (University of Nevada Press, 2003), ''The Dart League King'' (Tin House Books, 2008) and Traveler's Rest (Little, Brown and Company, 2016) as well as two ...
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John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and '' ...
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Lucy Corin Lucy Corin is an American novelist and short story writer. The winner of the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters John Guare Writer's Fund Rome Prize, Corin was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship in 2015. ...
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Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
, and
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to: Arts * Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing Politi ...
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List of Compilations and Stories

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1986. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Bridging by
Max Apple Max Apple (born October 22, 1941) is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biography Apple was born to a Jewish family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received h ...
* Triptych by Madison Smartt Bell * Tongues of Flame by Mary Ward Brown * Communion by Suzanne Brown * The Convict by
James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
* Air by
Ron Carlson Ron Carlson (born 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer and professor. Life Carlson was born in Logan, Utah, and grew up in Salt Lake City. He received a master's degree in English from the University of Utah. He then taught at The ...
* Says Velma by Doug Crowell * Martha Jean by Leon V. Driskell * The World Record Holder by Elizabeth Harris * Something Good for Ginnie by
Mary Hood Mary Hood (born September 16, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia) is a fiction writer of predominantly Southern literature, who has authored three short story collections – ''How Far She Went,'' ''And Venus is Blue'' and ''A Clear View of the South ...
* Summer of the Magic Show by
David Huddle David Ross Huddle (born July 11, 1942) is an American writer and professor. His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Esquire'', '' Harper's Magazine'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Story'', ''The Autumn H ...
* Holding on by Gloria Norris * Umpire by Kurt Rheinheimer * Delivery by W.A. Smith * Something to Lose by Wallace Whatley * Wallwork by Luke Whisnant * Chicken Simon by Sylvia Wilkinson New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1987. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Across from the Motoheads by Luke Whisnant * Lady of Spain by Robert Taylor * Heart by Marly Swick * Life on the moon by
Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
* Where Pelham fell by
Bob Shacochis Bob Shacochis (born September 9, 1951) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary journalist. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University. Writing career Shacochis was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in the Washing ...
* The Pure in heart by Peggy Payne * Sugar, the eunuchs / and Big G.B. by
Lewis Nordan Lewis Nordan (August 23, 1939 – April 13, 2012) was an American writer. Nordan was born to Lemuel and Sara Bayles in Forest, Mississippi and grew up in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He received his B.A. at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississ ...
* Vincristine by Trudy Lewis * After Moore by
Mary Hood Mary Hood (born September 16, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia) is a fiction writer of predominantly Southern literature, who has authored three short story collections – ''How Far She Went,'' ''And Venus is Blue'' and ''A Clear View of the South ...
* Dressed like Summer Leaves by
Andre Dubus Andre Jules Dubus II (August 11, 1936 – February 24, 1999) was an American short story writer and essayist. Biography Early life and education Andre Jules Dubus II was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the youngest child of Katherine (Burke) ...
* Magnolia by Vickie Covington * Heroic Measures / Vital Signs by
John William Corrington John William Corrington (October 28, 1932 – November 24, 1988) was an American film and television writer, novelist, poet, and lawyer. Corrington attended St. John's High School (now known as Loyola College Prep), but was expelled after smo ...
* Peter the Rock by Rosanne Coggeshall * Edward and Jill by Robert Boswell * Dependents by James Gordon Bennett New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1988. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Happiness of the Garden Variety by
Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
* Game Farm by John Rolfe Gardiner * Half Measures by Trudy Lewis * The Man who Knew Belle Starr by
Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...
* First Union Blues by Jill McCorkle * Voice by Eve Shelnutt * Limited Access by Annette Sanford * The Watch by
Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
* George Bailey Fishing by Ellen Akins * Rose-Johnny by Barbara Kingsolver * Gas by Jim Hall * Facing the Music by Larry Brown * The Crumb by Sunny Rogers * Belonging by Pam Durban * Like the Old Wolf in all those Wolf Stories by Nanci Kincaid * Metropolitan by Charlotte Holmes New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1989. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Preface by Shannon Ravenel * A Hank of Hair, a Piece of Bone by
Lewis Nordan Lewis Nordan (August 23, 1939 – April 13, 2012) was an American writer. Nordan was born to Lemuel and Sara Bayles in Forest, Mississippi and grew up in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He received his B.A. at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississ ...
* Six White Horses by Annette Sanford * Samaritans by Larry Brown * Wish by
Bobbie Ann Mason Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic from Kentucky. Her memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Early life and education A child of Wilburn and Christina Mason, Bobb ...
* Customs of the Country by Madison Smartt Bell * Playing by
David Huddle David Ross Huddle (born July 11, 1942) is an American writer and professor. His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Esquire'', '' Harper's Magazine'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Story'', ''The Autumn H ...
* Coupon for Blood by Sandy Huss * Hot Springs by Paula Sharp * Wild Horses by
Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
* Where She Was by
Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary criticMark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
* Pacific Theater by James Gordon Bennett * The Rain of Terror by
Frank Manley Frank Manley (13 November 1930 – 11 November 2009) was Charles Howard Candler Professor of Renaissance Literature at Emory University and an award-winning fiction author. Life Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1930, Manley was educated at t ...
* Homes by Kurt Rheinheimer * It Wasn't All Dancing by Mary Ward Brown New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1990. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Spittin' Image of a Baptist boy by Nanci Kincaid * The Cellar of Runt Conroy by
Lewis Nordan Lewis Nordan (August 23, 1939 – April 13, 2012) was an American writer. Nordan was born to Lemuel and Sara Bayles in Forest, Mississippi and grew up in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He received his B.A. at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississ ...
* Family by
Lance Olsen Lance Olsen (born October 14, 1956) is an American writer known for his experimental, lyrical, fragmentary, cross-genre narratives that question the limits of historical knowledge. Biography Lance Olsen was born in New Jersey. He received a ...
* Feast of the Earth, Ransom of the Clay by
Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
* Just Outside the B.T. by Moira Crone * The Kind of Light that shines on Texas by Reginald McKnight * Letter to the lady of the house by
Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...
* The Boarder by Greg Johnson * Crow Man by Tom Bailey * Changing Names by
Clyde Edgerton Clyde Edgerton (born May 20, 1944) is an American author. He has published a dozen books, most of them novels, two of which have been adapted for film. He is also a professor, teaching creative writing. Biography Edgerton was born in Durham, N ...
* Les Femme Creoles by
Bob Shacochis Bob Shacochis (born September 9, 1951) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary journalist. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University. Writing career Shacochis was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in the Washing ...
* Zoe by Molly Best Tinsley * Where we land by Ron Robinson * Sleep by Larry Brown * Fishbone by Donna Trussell * The History of Rodney by
Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1991. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Cousin Aubrey by
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to: Arts * Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing Politi ...
* The Arabesque by Barbara Hudson * Intensive Care by
Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
* The Screened Porch by Susan Starr Richards * Relic by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
* With Jazz by
Bobbie Ann Mason Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic from Kentucky. Her memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Early life and education A child of Wilburn and Christina Mason, Bobb ...
* A Life or Death Matter by Elizabeth Hunnewell * Big Bad Love by Larry Brown * South of Kittatinny by Hilding Johnson * The Birds for Christmas by
Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
* Poinsett's Bridge by Robert Morgan * Waiting for Hard Times to End by Jill McCorkle * Black Cat Bone by Thomas Phillips Brewer * In the Loyal Mountains by
Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
* This is not the Picture Show by Nanci Kincaid * His Final Mother by
Reynolds Price Edward Reynolds Price (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 2011) was an American poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price had a lifelong interest in Biblical ...
New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1992. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * The Bubba Stories by
Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
* Lilacs by
Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician, author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also the author of ...
* A New Life by Mary Ward Brown * A Sturdy Pair of Shoes that Fit Good by Nanci Kincaid * Death Crown by Robert Morgan * Clearwater and Latissimus by Alison Baker * The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping by
Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, ''Edisto'' (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in ''The New Yorker''. Po ...
* Texas City, 1947 by
James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
* Quitting Smoking by Reginald McKnight * Explaining Death to the Dog by Susan Perabo * A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
* The Witch of Owl Mountain Springs: An Account of Her Remarkable Powers by
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to: Arts * Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing Politi ...
* Economics by Elizabeth Seydel Morgan * Like Hands on a Cave Wall by Karen Minton * A Roadside Resurrection by Larry Brown * You have Chosen Cake by Dan Leone * After Memphis by Patricia Lear New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1993. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Marie by Edward Jones * Charlotte by Tony Earley * Selling Whiskers by Barbara Hudson * Spinach by Dan Leone * Evening by
Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...
* Man Watcher by Jill McCorkle * Trouble at the Home Office by
David Huddle David Ross Huddle (born July 11, 1942) is an American writer and professor. His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Esquire'', '' Harper's Magazine'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Story'', ''The Autumn H ...
* Family Planning by Elizabeth Hunnewell * Helens and Roses by Annette Sanford * The Waiting Room by
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to: Arts * Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing Politi ...
* Rescuing Ed by Dennis Loy Johnson * A Jonquil for Mary Penn by
Wendell Berry Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of ...
* Bounty by
Pinckney Benedict Pinckney Benedict (born 1964) is an American short-story writer and novelist whose work often reflects his Appalachian background. Biography Benedict was raised in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where his family had a dairy farm. He attended T ...
* Name Me this River by Kevin Calder * White Boys and River Girls by Paula K. Gover * Prisoners by
Wayne Karlin Wayne Karlin (born June 13, 1945, Los Angeles) is an American author, editor, and teacher. His books include ''A Wolf by the Ears'', ''Wandering Souls'', ''Marble Mountain,'' ''War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam'', ''The Wished-For Country'', ''Pr ...
* Preparation by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
* Major Six Pockets by Lee Merrill Byrd New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1994. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Nicodemus Bluff by
Barry Hannah Barry Hannah (April 23, 1942 – March 1, 2010) was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi.Kellogg, Carolyn (March 2, 2010)"Author Barry Hannah, 67, has died" ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved May 18, 2013. Hannah was born in ...
* My Other Life by Melanie Sumner * My Mother's Shoes by
Robert Love Taylor Robert Love "Bob" Taylor (July 31, 1850March 31, 1912) was an American politician, writer, and lecturer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as the 24th governor of Tennessee, from 1887 to 1891, and again from 1897 to 1899, a ...
* Outlaw Head & Tail by
George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
* Pretending the Bed was a Raft by Nanci Kincaid * Retreat by
Frederick Barthelme Fredrick Barthelme (born October 10, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer, well-known as one of the seminal writers of minimalist fiction. Alongside his personal publishing history, his position as Director of The Center For Write ...
* Dark Corner by Robert Morgan * Landscape and Dream by Nancy Krusoe * The Palace Thief by
Ethan Canin Ethan Andrew Canin (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, educator, and physician. He is a member of the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Canin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while his parents were vacatio ...
* The Heart Must from its Breaking by
Leon Rooke Leon Rooke, CM (born September 11, 1934) is a Canadian novelist. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in the United States. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in Toronto, Ontario. Rook ...
* Deeds of Light by
Reynolds Price Edward Reynolds Price (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 2011) was an American poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price had a lifelong interest in Biblical ...
* Luxury by Kathleen Cushman * Peeling by
John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and '' ...
* Aren't You Happy for Me? by
Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...
* Sweet Tooth by Pamela Erbe * The Prophet from Jupiter by Tony Earley New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1995. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Water people by
James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
* Gravity by Susan Perabo * Bases by Scott Gould * In the distance by Caroline A. Langston * Teams by Lynn Marie * The runaways by Elizabeth Spencer * The bug man by
Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
* Fixing Lu by M.M.M. Hayes * The Stucco house by
Ellen Gilchrist Ellen Gilchrist (born February 20, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She won a National Book Award for her 1984 collection of short stories, ''Victory Over Japan''. Life Gilchrist was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, a ...
* Ladies of the marble hearth by Hillary Hebert * Riding with the doctor by R. Sebastian Bennett * Boy born with tattoo of Elvis by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
* Everything quiet like church by Dale Ray Phillips * Paying attention by Ken Craven * I am the bear by Wendy Brenner * Drummer down by
Barry Hannah Barry Hannah (April 23, 1942 – March 1, 2010) was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi.Kellogg, Carolyn (March 2, 2010)"Author Barry Hannah, 67, has died" ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved May 18, 2013. Hannah was born in ...
* Gravity by Jesse Lee Kercheval New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1996. Edited by Shannon Ravenel. . * Rose of Lebanon by
William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most o ...
* Gauguin by Moira Crone * Paradise by Jill McCorkle * The host by Marcia Guthridge * Jealous husband returns in form of parrot by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
* Some say the world by Susan Perabo * Goose girl by Annette Sanford * The happy memories club by
Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
* A happy, safe thing by Kathy Flann * The Balm of Gilead tree by Robert Morgan * Died and gone to Vegas by
Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
* Cool moss by David Gilbert * General Markman's last stand by
Tom Paine Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...
* Mood music by J.D. Dolan * Grant by
Ellen Douglas Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an American author. Her 1973 novel ''Apostles of Light'' was a National Book Award nominee. Biography Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi ...
Best of the South: From Ten Years of New Stories from the South. 1997. Selected and introduced by
Anne Tyler Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-four novels, including '' Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant'' (1982), ''The Accidental Tourist'' (1985), and ''Breathi ...
. . * Martha Jean by Leon V. Driskell * After moore by
Mary Hood Mary Hood (born September 16, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia) is a fiction writer of predominantly Southern literature, who has authored three short story collections – ''How Far She Went,'' ''And Venus is Blue'' and ''A Clear View of the South ...
* Where pelham fell by
Bob Shacochis Bob Shacochis (born September 9, 1951) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary journalist. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University. Writing career Shacochis was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in the Washing ...
* Heart by Marly Swick * Watch by
Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
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Frank Manley Frank Manley (13 November 1930 – 11 November 2009) was Charles Howard Candler Professor of Renaissance Literature at Emory University and an award-winning fiction author. Life Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1930, Manley was educated at t ...
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Lewis Nordan Lewis Nordan (August 23, 1939 – April 13, 2012) was an American writer. Nordan was born to Lemuel and Sara Bayles in Forest, Mississippi and grew up in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He received his B.A. at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississ ...
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Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...
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Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
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Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
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Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, ''Edisto'' (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in ''The New Yorker''. Po ...
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Edward P. Jones Edward Paul Jones (born October 5, 1950) is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel '' The Known World'' received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the International Dublin Literary Award. Biography Edward Paul Jones was born ...
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Barry Hannah Barry Hannah (April 23, 1942 – March 1, 2010) was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi.Kellogg, Carolyn (March 2, 2010)"Author Barry Hannah, 67, has died" ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved May 18, 2013. Hannah was born in ...
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James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1997. Edited by Shannon Ravenel with a preface by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
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Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
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Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
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Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
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Ellen Douglas Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an American author. Her 1973 novel ''Apostles of Light'' was a National Book Award nominee. Biography Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi ...
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Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert (born July 18, 1969) is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, '' Eat, Pray, Love'', which has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also ma ...
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Brad Vice Brad Vice (born November 14, 1973) is an English language and composition professor at the University of West Bohemia. He grew up in Alabama. His short story collection, ''The Bear Bryant Funeral Train'', won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Shor ...
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Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, ''Edisto'' (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in ''The New Yorker''. Po ...
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Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
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Frederick Barthelme Fredrick Barthelme (born October 10, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer, well-known as one of the seminal writers of minimalist fiction. Alongside his personal publishing history, his position as Director of The Center For Write ...
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Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, ''Edisto'' (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in ''The New Yorker''. Po ...
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Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
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George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
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Clyde Edgerton Clyde Edgerton (born May 20, 1944) is an American author. He has published a dozen books, most of them novels, two of which have been adapted for film. He is also a professor, teaching creative writing. Biography Edgerton was born in Durham, N ...
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Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...
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George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
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Michael Erard Michael Erard (born 27 December 1967) is an American non-fiction writer and journalist. He holds an M.A. (linguistics) and a Ph.D. (English) from the University of Texas at Austin. Notable works Books *Erard, Michael (2007). ''Um…: Slips, Stumb ...
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Pinckney Benedict Pinckney Benedict (born 1964) is an American short-story writer and novelist whose work often reflects his Appalachian background. Biography Benedict was raised in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where his family had a dairy farm. He attended T ...
* Neighborhood by Kurt Rheinheimer * Little bitty pretty one by Andrew Alexander * Name of love by Janice Daugharty * Quill by Tony Earley * Poachers by Tom Franklin New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2000. Edited by Shannon Ravenel with a preface by
Ellen Douglas Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an American author. Her 1973 novel ''Apostles of Light'' was a National Book Award nominee. Biography Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi ...
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Mary Helen Stefaniak Mary Helen Stefaniak is an American writer. She comes from the family of Croatian American, Croats from Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, that originates from Novo Selo (Tótújfalu) in Hungary, being thus a part of the indigenous Croats of Hungary, Cr ...
* Sheep by Thomas H. McNeely * In the Doorway of Rhee's Jazz Joint by D. Winston Brown * Dancing with the One-Armed Gal by
Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
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Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
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Clyde Edgerton Clyde Edgerton (born May 20, 1944) is an American author. He has published a dozen books, most of them novels, two of which have been adapted for film. He is also a professor, teaching creative writing. Biography Edgerton was born in Durham, N ...
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Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
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George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
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Robert Love Taylor Robert Love "Bob" Taylor (July 31, 1850March 31, 1912) was an American politician, writer, and lecturer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as the 24th governor of Tennessee, from 1887 to 1891, and again from 1897 to 1899, a ...
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Jim Grimsley Jim Grimsley (born September 21, 1955) is an American novelist and playwright. Biography Born to a rural family in Grifton, North Carolina, Grimsley said of his childhood that "for us in the South, the family is a field where craziness grows l ...
* In between things by Marshall Boswell * The whimsied world by Nicola Mason * Two lives by Madison Smartt Bell * Father judge run by Carrie Brown * Skin deep by Edith Pearlman * Shoes by Kurt Rheinheimer * Hunting country by Stephen Coyne * The rest of your life by
John Barth John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a sa ...
New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2002. Edited by Shannon Ravenel with a preface by Larry Brown. . * Tennessee by Romulus Linney * End of the steam age by Dwight Allen * Charting the territories of the red by William Gay * The unripe heart by
Max Steele Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...
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Doris Betts Doris Betts (June 4, 1932 – April 21, 2012) was a short story writer, novelist, essayist and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was the author of three short story collections and six novels ...
* I have lost my right by R. T. Smith * Beneath the deep, slow motion by Brad Barkley * The more they stay the same by Ingrid Hill * Maximum sunlight by Kate Small * Show-and-tell by
George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
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Julie Orringer Julie Orringer (born June 12, 1973) is an American writer and lecturer. She attended Cornell University and the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She was born in Miami, Florida and now lives in Brooklyn with ...
* Big bend by Bill Roorback * The Outer Banks by
Russell Banks Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940) is an American writer of fiction and poetry. As a novelist, Banks is best known for his "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". His stories usua ...
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David Koon David R. Koon (born March 18, 1947)Project Vote Smart''Assembly Member David R. Koon (NY)'' retrieved September 16, 2008. is a former American Democratic politician who represented District 135 in the New York State Assembly, which includes th ...
* Faith healer by Lucia Nevai New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2003. Edited by Shannon Ravenel with a preface by Roy Blount, Jr. . * For those of us who need such things by Brock Clarke * Nirvana by Patricia Lear * Cool wedding by Latha Viswanathan * Dying light by Donald Hays * Inside out by Chris Offutt * Johnny too bad by
John Dufresne John Dufresne (born January 30, 1948) is an American author of French Canadian descent born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in 1984. He is a professor in the Master of ...
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Lucy Corin Lucy Corin is an American novelist and short story writer. The winner of the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters John Guare Writer's Fund Rome Prize, Corin was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship in 2015. ...
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Brad Vice Brad Vice (born November 14, 1973) is an English language and composition professor at the University of West Bohemia. He grew up in Alabama. His short story collection, ''The Bear Bryant Funeral Train'', won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Shor ...
* The ballad of Rappy Valcour by Ingrid Hill * The soul molecule by
Steve Almond Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist and author of ten books, three of which are self-published. Life Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School and receive ...
* The faithful by Paul Prather * Ellen's book by Michael Knight * Every tongue shall confess by
ZZ Packer Zuwena "ZZ" Packer (b. January 12, 1973) is an American writer. She is primarily known for her works of short fiction. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois, Packer grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and Louisville, Kentucky. "ZZ" was a ...
* Corpus by Brett Anthony Johnston * Keegan's load by
Mark Winegardner Mark Winegardner (born November 24, 1961) is an American writer born and raised in Bryan, Ohio. His novels include '' The Godfather Returns'', ''Crooked River Burning'', and ''The Veracruz Blues''. He published a collection of short stories, '' ...
* Off Island by Michael Parker * Compassion by
Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of a ...
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Peter Meinke Peter Meinke (born 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet and author. He has published 18 books of poems and short stories. ''The Piano Tuner'', won the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His poetry has received many awards, ...
New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2004. Edited by Shannon Ravenel with a preface by
Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
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Edward P. Jones Edward Paul Jones (born October 5, 1950) is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel '' The Known World'' received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the International Dublin Literary Award. Biography Edward Paul Jones was born ...
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Tayari Jones Tayari Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American author and academic known for '' An American Marriage'', which was a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection, and won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, the ...
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George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
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Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
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Silas House Silas Dwane House (born August 7, 1971) is an American writer best known for his novels. He is also a music journalist, environmental activist, and columnist. House's fiction is known for its attention to the natural world, working class characte ...
* Dog song by Ann Pancake * Love is gnats today by Drew Perry * Feeling lucky by Michael Knight * Saturday afternoon in the Holocaust Museum by Elizabeth Seydel Morgan * One summer by Annette Sanford * Intervention by Jill McCorkle * The widow by
Bret Anthony Johnston Bret Anthony Johnston is an American author. He wrote the novel ''Remember Me Like This'' and the story collection, ''Corpus Christi: Stories''. He is also the editor of the non-fiction work, ''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creat ...
* Docent by R.T. Smith New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2005. Edited by Shannon Ravenel with a preface by Jill McCorkle. . * Hidden meanings : treatment of time, supreme irony, and life experiences in the song "Ain't gonna bump no more no big fat woman" by Michael Parker * The boucherie by Stephanie Soileau * Until Gwen by Dennis Lehane * The kindest cut by Judy Budnitz * The burning of the flag by
James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
* Mr. Sender by Moira Crone * Severance by
Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
* Jane's hat by Cary Holladay * The dream lover by Lucinda Harrison Coffman * Nap time by Tom Franklin * Anything that floats by
Bret Anthony Johnston Bret Anthony Johnston is an American author. He wrote the novel ''Remember Me Like This'' and the story collection, ''Corpus Christi: Stories''. He is also the editor of the non-fiction work, ''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creat ...
* Clairvoyant by Ada Long * The charm of the highway median by Ethan Hauser * The pantyhose man by Rebecca Soppe * My heart is a snake farm by Allan Gurganus * Good witch, bad witch by Gregory Sanders * The choir director affair (the baby's teeth) by Kevin Wilson (writer), Kevin Wilson * The boy in the tree by Elizabeth Spencer * Dumdum by Janice Daugharty Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South. 2005. Edited by Shannon Ravenel; selected and introduced by
Anne Tyler Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-four novels, including '' Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant'' (1982), ''The Accidental Tourist'' (1985), and ''Breathi ...
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Lee Smith Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction * Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor * Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer * Lee Sm ...
* Ramone by Judy Troy * Gravity by Pam Durban * Memorial Day by
Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, ''The Ice at the Bottom of the World'' and ''Charity,'' a bestselling novel, ''Fishboy'', and ''House ...
* Talk radio by Scott Ely * Birdland by Michael Knight * Fla. boys by Heather Sellers * Those Deep Elm Brown's Ferry blues by William Gay * Sheep by Thomas H. McNeely * Debra's flap and snap by
Clyde Edgerton Clyde Edgerton (born May 20, 1944) is an American author. He has published a dozen books, most of them novels, two of which have been adapted for film. He is also a professor, teaching creative writing. Biography Edgerton was born in Durham, N ...
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Jim Grimsley Jim Grimsley (born September 21, 1955) is an American novelist and playwright. Biography Born to a rural family in Grifton, North Carolina, Grimsley said of his childhood that "for us in the South, the family is a field where craziness grows l ...
* Hunting country by Stephen Coyne * The unripe heart by
Max Steele Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...
* Faith healer by Lucia Nevai * The faithful by Paul Prather * Second hand by Chris Offutt * Intervention by Jill McCorkle * Good witch, bad witch by Gregory Sanders * The boucherie by Stephanie Soileau * Appendix: New Stories from the South, 1986-2005. New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2006. Edited by Alan Gurganus and Kathy Pories with a preface by Alan Gurganus. . * Yard art by Tony Earley * The burning by Cary Holladay * Mike by
Wendell Berry Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of ...
* Tunneling to the center of the earth by Kevin Wilson (writer), Kevin Wilson * Amanuensis by J.D. Chapman * Money whipped by William Harrison (author), William Harrison * Grove by Erin Brooks Worley * Director's cut by
George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
* Kids make their own houses by Geoff Wyss * Tired Heart by
Keith Lee Morris Keith Lee Morris is an American author who has published three novels, ''The Greyhound God'' (University of Nevada Press, 2003), ''The Dart League King'' (Tin House Books, 2008) and Traveler's Rest (Little, Brown and Company, 2016) as well as two ...
* The music you never hear by Quinn Dalton * Blue knights bounced from CVD tourney by Chris Bachelder * You love that dog by
Mary Helen Stefaniak Mary Helen Stefaniak is an American writer. She comes from the family of Croatian American, Croats from Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, that originates from Novo Selo (Tótújfalu) in Hungary, being thus a part of the indigenous Croats of Hungary, Cr ...
* Justice by Daniel Wallace (author), Daniel Wallace * Fill in the blank by Enid Shomer * How to build a house by Luke Whisnant * The currency of love by Nanci Kincaid * Tastes like chicken by R.T. Smith * Brief encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain * Jubilation, Florida by N.M. Kelby New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2007. Edited by
Edward P. Jones Edward Paul Jones (born October 5, 1950) is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel '' The Known World'' received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the International Dublin Literary Award. Biography Edward Paul Jones was born ...
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Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...
* A season of regret by
James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...
* The ice garden by Moira Crone * Ghost town choir by Joshua Ferris * The safe by
Tim Gautreaux Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Best American Short Stories'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Harper's'', and '' GQ''. His novel ''The ...
* Fourteen feet of water in my house by Allan Gurganus * Hollyhocks by Cary Holladay * At the Powwow Hotel by Toni Jensen * Life expectancy by Holly Goddard Jones * Beauty and virtue by Agustin Maes * Dogs with human faces by Stephen Marion * One day this will all be yours by Philipp Meyer * Jakob Loomis by Jason Ockert * Which rocks we choose by
George Singleton George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
* Story by R.T. Smith * Bela Lugosi's dead by Angela Threatt * A terrible thing by Daniel Wallace (author), Daniel Wallace * Unassigned territory by Stephanie Powell Watts New Stories from the South 2008: The Year's Best. Edited by
ZZ Packer Zuwena "ZZ" Packer (b. January 12, 1973) is an American writer. She is primarily known for her works of short fiction. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois, Packer grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and Louisville, Kentucky. "ZZ" was a ...
and Kathy Pories with an introduction by
ZZ Packer Zuwena "ZZ" Packer (b. January 12, 1973) is an American writer. She is primarily known for her works of short fiction. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois, Packer grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and Louisville, Kentucky. "ZZ" was a ...
. . * Theory of realty by Holly Goddard Jones * Bridge of Sighs by
Pinckney Benedict Pinckney Benedict (born 1964) is an American short-story writer and novelist whose work often reflects his Appalachian background. Biography Benedict was raised in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where his family had a dairy farm. He attended T ...
* The ease of living by Amina Gautier * First marriage by Kevin Moffett * The unnecessary man by Robert Drummond (writer), Robert Drummond * So this is permanence by Stephanie Soileau * The great speckled bird by
Clyde Edgerton Clyde Edgerton (born May 20, 1944) is an American author. He has published a dozen books, most of them novels, two of which have been adapted for film. He is also a professor, teaching creative writing. Biography Edgerton was born in Durham, N ...
* Back of beyond by Ron Rash * Suck it by Merritt Tierce * Wretch like me by R.T. Smith * Candidate by Karen E. Bender * Lizard man by David James Poissant * The girls by Daniel Wallace (writer), Daniel Wallace * First husband, first wife by Jim Tomlinson * Republican by
Bret Anthony Johnston Bret Anthony Johnston is an American author. He wrote the novel ''Remember Me Like This'' and the story collection, ''Corpus Christi: Stories''. He is also the editor of the non-fiction work, ''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creat ...
* Leak by Mary Miller (writer), Mary Miller * Albemarle by Charlie Smith (American poet), Charlie Smith * Child of God by Jennifer Moses * Lucky seven & Dalloway by Stephanie Dickinson * Andrea is changing her name by Kevin Brockmeier New Stories from the South 2009: The Year's Best. Edited by Madison Smartt Bell and Kathy Pories with an introduction by with an introduction by Madison Smartt Bell. . * Muscle memory by Katherine Karlin * Banger finds out by
Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary criticStephen Marion * Family museum of the ancient postcards by Stephanie Powell Watts * Child of God by Geoff Wyss * Coast by Charlotte Holmes * No joke, this is going to be painful by Kevin Wilson (writer), Kevin Wilson * The camera obscura by Stephanie Soileau * Magic words by Jill McCorkle * Some thing blue by
Tayari Jones Tayari Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American author and academic known for '' An American Marriage'', which was a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection, and won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, the ...
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*Shannon Ravenel (editor), ''New Stories from the South'', (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005). 2005 books Algonquin Books books