num_pages: 224
description: A unique collection. The only anthology of short-short stories to focus on youth. In these stories of no more than 1000 words well-known and emerging American authors spotlight crucial moments of change during coming-of-age. Their young protagonists face matters of great consequence such as the death of a parent unwanted pregnancy and bullying as well as lighter if perplexing how to hold a prom when being home-schooled; what to do when the babysitter suddenly sees the Rapture. The stories are of this moment--a girl who falls in love and then is pressured to lose her virginity in a cyberspace world--and they also remember the the Nixon era the Vietnam War slavery. Here is a glimpse into the way we live now from the point of view of those who will determine the future. Among the contributors are Steve Almond Peter Bacho Richard Bausch Gayle Brandeis Richard Brautigan Ron Carlson Kelly Cherry Dave Eggers Pia Z. Ehrhardt Jim Heynen Victor Lavalle Meg Kearney Naomi Shihab Nye Maryann O'Hara Sonia Pilcer Pamela Painter Bruce Holland Rogers Robert Shapard and Alice Walker.
language: English
title: Sudden Flash Youth: 65 Short-Short Stories
publisher: Persea