| First Sightings: Contemporary Stories about American Youth Contributor(s): Loughery, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0892551879 ISBN-13: 9780892551873 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $14.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: Presents twenty short stories, with protagonists aged three to eighteen years old, by such authors as John Updike, Alice Walker, Genaro Gonzales, and Carson McCullers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92037209 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.12" W x 9.22" (1.02 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twenty stories, arranged by age of the protagonists, from 4 to 18. Contributors include Barbara Kingsolver, John Updike, Ethan Canin, Ernest J. Gaines, Gish Jen, Alice Walker, Michael Chabon, Toni Cade Bambara, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Roth, and more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Loughery, John: - John Loughery is the author of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize finalist John Sloan: Painter and Rebel and has edited the anthologies First Sightings: Contemporary Stories of American Youth, Into the Widening World: International Coming-of-Age Stories, and The Eloquent Essay: An Anthology of Classic & Creative Nonfiction. He teaches English at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City. |