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- Let's Do
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
summary
In the nine stories of Let’s Do, various calamities strike ordinary Midwesterners, who cope with a mixture of good intentions and ineptitude. Balancing humor with painful clarity, author Rebecca Meacham pulls readers into the lives of characters who struggle with—and more often against—change. “Rebecca Meacham has one of the freshest voices I've encountered in a long time. Blatantly wise, she creates stories that are deliciously subversive, brave and outrageous, reminiscent of a young Alice Hoffman. As the lives of her characters get derailed, they move with the damaged grace of walking through broken glass on tiptoe. This is a writer whose words speak with emotional resonance about the resilience of the human heart—a beautiful, authentic talent who knows that when you turn life upside down, you get good measures of both trouble and laughter, a lesson the very best writers recognize early.”—Jonis Agee, judge
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Trim & Notions
- pp. 1-28
- Good Fences
- pp. 29-47
- Weights and Measures
- pp. 48-62
- The Assignment
- pp. 88-108
- Worship For Shut-Ins
- pp. 109-133
- Tom and Georgia Come Over to Swim
- pp. 134-146
- Simple as That
- pp. 147-160
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574414110
Related ISBN(s)
9781574411850
MARC Record
OCLC
778226453
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No