The Cry of An Occasion: Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers

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Richard Bausch
LSU Press, 1 мар. 2002 г. - Всего страниц: 224

This “smorgasbord of literary offerings” (Publishers Weekly) self-selected by its contributors—“a long list of luminaries” (Library Journal)—includes works by Madison Smartt Bell, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ellen Douglas, Shelby Foote, George Garrett, Allan Gurganus, Barry Hannah, William Hoffman, Madison Jones, Michael Knight, William Henry Lewis, Jill McCorkle, Lewis Nordan, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Walter Sullivan, and Allen Wier. All are affiliated with the Fellowship of Southern Writers, organized in 1989 under the inspiration of the late Cleanth Brooks for the purpose of encouraging and honoring excellence in southern letters.

Each piece in The Cry of an Occasion celebrates the distinctness of southern experience, giving expression in story form to a singular episode of mind, heart, or will. Reading this exemplary collection is pure pleasure.

 

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Three Ghosts Doris Betts
7
The Sacred Mound Shelby Foote
26
Feeling Good Feeling Fine George Garrett
40
Death and Joy Barry Hannah
55
The Secret Garden William Hoffman
68
Sim Denny Madison Jones
82
For Alice to the Fourth Floor Michael Knight
95
Life Prerecorded Jill McCorkle
114
Tombstone Lewis Nordan
133
Between the Lines Lee Smith
155
The Everlasting Light Elizabeth Spencer
168
Excerpts from the Novel Tehano Allen Wier
191
Contributors
205
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Richard Bausch is the author of five story collections and nine novels, including Take Me Back, Real Presence, and Hello to the Cannibals. He was elected to the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1995.

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