Title: The proper words for sin : stories /
Authors: Fincke, Gary.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Short stories, American
Abstract: Within these eleven short stories, poet Gary Fincke brings into focus the small struggles of ordinary people. The characters within this collection, from boys and girls to fathers, mothers, and the aging, live in cities, in towns, and in rural areas. Yet, no matter the surroundings, all seem alone within a collective anxiety. Set against extraordinary events, such as the Three Mile Island accident, the Challenger Disaster, and the Kennedy assassination, these stories personalize history through a juxtaposition between large and small tragedies and the unflinching desire to find insight within and redemption from weakness and shortcoming.
Contents: There's Worse -- The Out-of-Sorts -- The Fierceness of Need -- Weepers -- All The Big Things -- Private Things -- The Proper Words for Sin -- You Can Look This Up -- The Blazer Sestina -- The Promises of Labels -- Somebody Somewhere Else.