Never has a typewriter appeared on one of those puzzles, but perhaps it should. Judging by the success of New Stories From the South , the longest running and most popular of all the regional anthologies, this wouldn't be an idle boast.
Southern writers seem to be, like Vermont's maple trees, fairly adrip with bounty.
The 1996 version of New Stories From the South carries on the grand tradition. She is driven to such extremes, of course, by Yankee soldiers. Strangely, however, Faulkner's inclusion sounds a discordant note in the new Southern chorus. He may be the grand daddy of Southern fiction, but the tune has changed since he sang. The newer Southern writers, children of Raymond Carver and Bobbie Ann Mason, feel much more comfortable making fun of the old aristocracy and sexual mores than in setting them up as models.