In this Book
- Home and Beyond: An Anthology of Kentucky Short Stories
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
With an introduction by Wade Hall
Morris Grubbs has sifted through vintage classics, little-known gems, and stunning debuts to assemble this collection of forty stories by popular and critically acclaimed writers. In subtle and profound ways they challenge and overturn accepted stereotypes about the land their authors call home, whether by birth or by choice. Kentucky writers have produced some of the finest short stories published in the last fifty years, much of which focuses on the tension between the comforts of community and the siren-like lure of the outside world. Arranged chronologically, from Robert Penn Warren's "Blackberry Winter" to Crystal E. Wilkinson's "Humming Back Yesterday," these stories are linked by their juxtaposition of departures and returns, the familiar and the unknown, home and beyond.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- p. 4
- Introduction
- pp. xvii-xxiv
- Blackberry Winter (1946)
- pp. 3-19
- The Petrified Woman (1947)
- pp. 20-30
- The Nest (1948)
- pp. 31-36
- The Men (1948)
- pp. 37-42
- Evenings at Home (1948)
- pp. 43-50
- Anthem of the Locusts (1949)
- pp. 51-57
- Lost Land of Youth (1950)
- pp. 58-65
- Fur in the Hickory (1953)
- pp. 66-70
- The Gift (1957)
- pp. 71-79
- The Fourth at Getup (1960)
- pp. 80-85
- The Vireo's Nest (1960)
- pp. 89-100
- Bare Bones (1965)
- pp. 110-117
- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (1967)
- pp. 118-144
- Play Like I'm Sheriff (1968)
- pp. 145-153
- The Taste of lronwater (1969)
- pp. 154-161
- The World's One Breathing (1970)
- pp. 162-178
- White Rat (1975)
- pp. 179-185
- The Affair with Rachel Ware (1976)
- pp. 186-193
- Maxine (1977)
- pp. 194-198
- Rent Control (1979)
- pp. 199-206
- Residents and Transients (1982)
- pp. 209-216
- Yours (1982)
- pp. 217-221
- A Fellow Making Himself Up (1982)
- pp. 222-227
- Winter Facts (1983)
- pp. 228-236
- The Fugitive (1984)
- pp. 237-250
- Diary of a Union Soldier (1985)
- pp. 259-269
- That Distant Land (1986)
- pp. 270-278
- If You Can't Win (1986)
- pp. 279-286
- Bypass (1987)
- pp. 287-297
- Homeland (1989)
- pp. 298-311
- Dr. Livingston's Grotto (1989)
- pp. 312-322
- Belinda's World Tour (1993)
- pp. 323-327
- The Way It Felt to Be Falling (1993)
- pp. 328-340
- The Idea of It (1995)
- pp. 341-349
- Clouds (1996)
- pp. 350-358
- Barred Owl (1996)
- pp. 359-367
- Deferment (1998)
- pp. 368-383
- Humming Back Yesterday (1999)
- pp. 384-390