In this Book
- Get a Grip: Stories
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
summary
The stories in Get a Grip depict a range of imagined lives. There are Estonian brothers trekking from their blighted neighborhood to a college interview. There’s a TV meteorite hunter in town to search for otherworldly treasure. We meet a widow addicted to physical pain and a successful ad executive who loses all his worldly possessions in one day. All of the characters work out their struggles in the Baltimore region, channeling, in turns, the area’s charm, its despair, its humor, its self-doubt, its compassion. Get a Grip is a book about who we are when the cameras are off and the phone has died.
Table of Contents
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- Neuropathy
- pp. 1-22
- Half a Brother
- pp. 23-40
- Little Big Show
- pp. 41-58
- Get a Grip
- pp. 59-76
- Homecoming
- pp. 77-100
- Leaving Reno
- pp. 101-126
- Show of Force
- pp. 127-142
- Heaven's Door
- pp. 143-162
- About the Author
- pp. 163-166
Additional Information
ISBN
9781680030525
Related ISBN(s)
9781680030518
MARC Record
OCLC
934626731
Pages
160
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-27
Language
English
Open Access
No