Belles' letters
Subtitle: contemporary fiction by Alabama women
By: edited by Joe Taylor & Tina N. Jones.
Contributors: Taylor, Joe, 1949-; Jones, Tina N.
Publisher: Livingston Press; Livingston Press (AL)
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Livingston, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: American fiction -- Alabama.; American fiction -- 20th century.; American fiction -- Women authors.; Women -- Alabama -- Fiction.; Alabama -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Description: Gumbo in Mobile, Dreamland ribs in Tuscaloosa, nouveau cuisine in Birmingham, Chris's hot dogs in Montgomery, and pond-raised catfish fried in the Black Belt - as varied as that menu, so are the stories and excerpts in this collection by women writers from Alabama. Comedy, allegory, folklore are here. Subjects varying from childhood initiation, to spousal abuse, to race relations, to AIDS are here.

Plots involving murder, romance, necrophilia, Shirley Temple dolls, kinfolk, and ghostly appearances are here. In brief, when you finish this collection your concept of Alabama writers, as well as your concept of women writers, will expand.
Table of contents: title: Alva Beth sings the blues -- Robyn Allers; title: Dead lands -- Emma Bolden; title: Harold Washburn -- Wendy Reed Bruce -- The; title: other -- Marian Carcache; title: Seeing it through -- Loretta Cobb; title: Fig picking -- Sandra King Conroy; title: Mrs. McCammock -- Linda Elliott; title: Julian Carol finds the pine cones -- Anita Miller Garner; title: Where Have You Gone, Shirley Temple? -- Anne George; title: Leetha's own -- Aileen Kilgore Henderson; title: Fishtales told to a crow, mid-spring -- Laura Hunter; title: Imp-dancing in the Heart of Dixie -- Cindy Jones; title: Tattoo (excerpted) -- Janet Mauney; title: Terminal Bend (excerpted) -- Patricia Mayer -- A; title: touch of the spirit -- Julia Oliver; title: Miss Woman (excerpted) -- Ann Vaughan Richards; title: Summer lightning (excerpted) -- Judith Richards -- The; title: last bad thing -- Michelle Richmond; title: Baby in the cold fram -- Mary Louise Robison; title: Living in the River (excerpted) -- Scarlett Robinson Saavedra; title: Dancing in the basement -- Carolynne Scott -- A; title: bully and his victim -- Millie Anton Skinner; title: Calling up the moon -- B.K. Smith; title: Sex on the beach -- Patricia Lou Taylor; title: Piano lessons -- Tammy Townsend -- The; title: dog that wasn't a dog -- Betty Jean Tucker.