In this Book
- Winesburg, Indiana: A Fork River Anthology
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Break Away Books
In the mythical town of Winesburg, Indiana, there lives a cleaning lady who can conjure up the ghost of Billy Sunday, a lascivious holy man with an unusual fetish and a burgeoning flock, a park custodian who collects the scat left by aliens, and a night janitor learning to live with life's mysteries, including the zombies in the cafeteria. Winesburg, Indiana, is a town full of stories of plans made and destroyed, of births and unexpected deaths, of remembered pasts and unexplored presents told to the reader by as interesting a cast of characters as one is likely to find in small town America. Brought to life by a lively group of Indiana writers, Winesburg, Indiana, is a place to discover something of what it means to be alive in our hyperactive century from stories that are deeply human, sometimes melancholy, and often damned funny.
Table of Contents
- City Manager
- pp. 5-7
- Amanda Patch
- pp. 8-10
- Cleaning Lady to the Stars
- pp. 11-16
- Jackie Patch
- pp. 17-21
- Julie Patch
- pp. 22-25
- Dale Rumsey
- pp. 26-28
- Limberlost
- pp. 29-37
- Raymond Snow
- pp. 38-41
- Ken of Ottumwa
- pp. 42-46
- Miss Gladys
- pp. 47-52
- The Processed Cheese Product Man
- pp. 53-60
- Burt Coble, Catman
- pp. 61-64
- Tara Jenkins
- pp. 65-70
- Pete, Waste Lab Technician
- pp. 74-77
- Constance H. Wootin
- pp. 78-84
- Dear Class of 2011
- pp. 85-86
- Walt “Helper” Voltz
- pp. 87-94
- Frances Parker
- pp. 95-96
- Emmalene’s Bakery and Bait Shop
- pp. 97-100
- Howard Garfield, Balladeer
- pp. 101-107
- Beau Morrow
- pp. 108-112
- The Bottle
- pp. 117-122
- Deanne Stovers
- pp. 123-126
- Gregg Pitman
- pp. 127-128
- Mari, Waiting
- pp. 129-131
- Carol Clay
- pp. 139-141
- Triple Crown
- pp. 142-148
- Grudge Wright
- pp. 149-152
- Occupy Winesburg
- pp. 153-160
- The Cantor Quadruplets
- pp. 161-162
- Reverend Dave
- pp. 163-170
- Professor Helen C. Andersen
- pp. 171-172
- Inspector 4
- pp. 173-180
- Dark Stars
- pp. 181-183
- She Drinks Too Much of It
- pp. 189-193
- Randy Steeple
- pp. 194-198
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 199-202
- List of Contributors
- pp. 205-218
- Book Club Guide
- pp. 219-224