New Stories from the Midwest

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NEW STORIES FROM THE MIDWEST from the New StorieS midweSt Edited by Jason Lee Brown and Jay Prefontaine Introduction by Lee Martin Ohio University Press ■ Swallow Press ■ Athens Ohio University Press / Swallow Books, Athens, Ohio 45701 www.ohioswallow.com© 2011 by Ohio University Press All rights reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Swallow Press / Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax). Printed in the United States of America Swallow Press / Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ ™ 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New stories from the Midwest / edited by Jason Lee Brown and Jay Prefontaine ; introduction by Lee Martin. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8040-1135-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-0-8040-4045-7 (electronic) 1. Short stories, American—Middle West. 2. Middle West—Social life and customs— Fiction. 3. American fiction—21st century. I. Brown, Jason Lee, 1973– II. Prefontaine, Jay. PS563.N37 2011 813’.0108977—dc22 2011002873 For Jay ...