num_pages: 360
description: ONE The Narrative Impulse is a special anthology published by Alaska Quarterly Review, University of Alaska Anchorage, 360 pages, softcover 6 x 9, ISBN 0-9673377-2-0, $6.95. The book features 31 stories of fact and fiction by new and emerging writers, each story written in the first person voice. They were culled from about 3,100 first person submissions to Alaska Quarterly Review over a two-year period. The book's presentation of the stories recognizes the primacy of narrative. By choosing not to classify them by genre, each story's purpose is unchanged and yet the reader is brought closer to the story's heart--it's narrative impulse. The premise and methodology of the book are explained in the Editor's Note by Ronald Spatz, and Patricia Hampl's introduction, "First Person Singular," places the first person voice in our literary history and in a more general sense of history. ONE The Narrative Impulse was funded in part, by a Creation and Presentation Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. As background, Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR), is now in its 19th year of continuous publication. It is an award winning literary journal produced by the University of Alaska Anchorage and has been appreciatively reviewed by a variety of sources including the Book World section of The Washington Post ("That one of the nation's best literary magazines comes out of Alaska may seem surprising, but so it is.") and by Library Journal ("highly recommended and deserves applause"). AQR focuses on fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry by new and emerging writers. Many of the stories, poems and essays first published in AQR (some of them the first-time publications of their authors) have been selected for The Prize The O. Henry Awards, The Best American Essays, The Andres Berger Award, The Pushcart The Best of the Small Presses, The Best American Poetry, and the Beacon Best anthology. Work has also been reprinted in Harper's, Small Press and numerous other collections. AQR hasbeen recognized with an Alaska Governor's Award for the Arts (1996) and 5 National Endowment for the Arts grants. AQR's special anthology, Alaska Native Writers, Storytellers &amp; The Expanded Edition (1999) was positively reviewed in a range of venues including Kirkus Reviews.
language: English
title: One Blood : The Narrative Impulse
titlecomplete: One Blood : The Narrative Impulse
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Alaska Quarterly Review