The acclaimed short story writer and author of My Lord Bag of Rice and Letters from the Country introduces an innovative new approach to the writing of creative nonfiction that integrates principles and techniques from social work, psychotherapy, and neuroscience with traidtional teaching to develop a new style of nonficiton writing. Original. 17,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

A collection of stories set in the Upper Midwest introduces a cast of characters who are products of their environment, but stand apart slightly from their world. Original.

Product Description: Since its founding at Northwestern University in 1964, TriQuarterly has remained one of the most widely admired and important literary magazines in the country. Under the editorial direction of Susan Firestone Hahn, TriQuarterly continues to publish the best work of both established and new poets and fiction writers...read more

Carol Bly presents essays on how to survive life in a small country town, on what's really happening in rural America, and on other local concerns

Provides techniques, exercises and examples for stimulating creative writing

Encompassing selections by Jim Harrison, Alice Walker, Mark Helprin, Tobias Wolfe, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, this collection sheds light on how to confront the oppressors of the world and how to nurture ethical human beings. Original. Tour. IP.

A collectiion of short stories focuses on contemporary rural America, pitting Minnesota folk and their ways against the blandishments of the New Age

Offers a practical model for preserving farmlands and caring for the earth

A collection of short stories dealing with everyday life