Title: The Rough road home : stories by North Carolina writers /
Authors: Gingher, Robert.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Short stories, American North Carolina.; North Carolina Fiction
Abstract: North Carolina has produced a dramatic number of talented fiction writers in recent years, and their work is showcased in this, the first anthology of short stories for the state published in more than thirty years. The twenty-two stories collected here, all by contemporary writers with abiding North Carolina roots, were selected by Robert Gingher, the longtime book review editor of the Greensboro News and Record. The settings range from Maya Angelou's Chicago jazz club.
Contents: Introduction -- The oasis, I / Alice Adams -- The reunion / Maya Angelou -- Hugh / Daphne Athas -- This is the only time i'll tell it / Doris Betts -- Winter / Linda Beatrice Brown -- Broken blossoms / Fred Chappell -- Bargains in the real world / Elizabeth Cox -- The case of the missing photographs / Charles Edward Eaton -- Washing dishes / Clyde Edgerton -- Trudy Woodlief / Kaye Gibbons -- It had wings / Allan Gurganus -- The virtue called vanity / Randall Kenan -- Man watcher / Jill McCorkle -- Below the last lock / Tim McLaurin -- Murals / Robert Morgan -- Serious Need / Reynolds Price -- The St. Anthony chorale /Louis D. Rubin -- Summer help / Donald Secreast -- The bubba stories / Lee Smith-- The fishing lake / Elizabeth Spencer -- The hat of my mother / Max Steele -- Disasters / Lee Zacharias.