The Graywolf Silver Anthology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555972896 ISBN 13: 9781555972899

Publisher: Graywolf Press, 1999

Synopsis

This anthology, an eclectic and entertaining mix of poetry and prose, showcases some of the extraordinary writers who have helped shape a literary quarter-century. Their work provides clear evidence of the critical role Graywolf and other independent presses play in the otherwise increasingly homogenous publishing universe - a realization made all the more remarkable when contrasted against the simple charm of Graywolf's earliest days as a letterpress publisher, as described in an introductory historical essay by founder Scott Walker.

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The Converted by Sophie Cabot Black
If Only For A Little While by Sophie Cabot Black
The Misunderstanding Of Nature by Sophie Cabot Black
Conversation With A Fireman From Brooklyn by Tess Gallagher
Fresh Stain by Tess Gallagher
I Stop Writing The Poem by Tess Gallagher
Instructions To The Double by Tess Gallagher
Now That I Am Never Alone by Tess Gallagher
Under Stars by Tess Gallagher
Willingly by Tess Gallagher
Asking For Directions by Linda Gregg
Chosen By The Lion by Linda Gregg
The Color Of Many Deer Running by Linda Gregg
The Conditions by Linda Gregg
Fishing In The Keep Of Silence by Linda Gregg
Glistening by Linda Gregg
The Wind Blowing Through A Tree by Linda Gregg
Fenceposts by Eamon Grennan
Firefly by Eamon Grennan
Night Driving In The Desert by Eamon Grennan
Pause by Eamon Grennan
Station by Eamon Grennan
Cicada by John Haines
The House Of The Injured by John Haines
Listening In October by John Haines
Night by John Haines
The Owl In The Mask Of The Dreamer by John Haines
The Snowbound City by John Haines
The Stone Harp (1) by John Haines
Are You Experienced? by Tony Hoagland
Brave World by Tony Hoagland
Hearings by Tony Hoagland
Reading Moby-dick At 30,000 Feet by Tony Hoagland
Basic Science by Fanny Howe
My Broken Heart by Fanny Howe
Starlet by Fanny Howe
Briefly It Enters, And Briefly Speaks by Jane Kenyon
Evening Sun by Jane Kenyon
Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon
Notes From The Other Side by Jane Kenyon
Otherwise by Jane Kenyon
Reading Aloud To My Father by Jane Kenyon
Thinking Of Madame Bovary by Jane Kenyon
Alba: Failure by Carl Phillips
Freeze by Carl Phillips
From The Devotions: 1 by Carl Phillips
From The Devotions: 2 by Carl Phillips
From The Devotions: 3 by Carl Phillips
Teaching Ovid To Sixth-graders by Carl Phillips
Change My Evil Ways by David Rivard
Curious Forces by David Rivard
Welcome, Fear by David Rivard
What Kind Of Times? by David Rivard
Made In The Tropics by Vijay Seshadri
An Oral History Of Migration, Sels. by Vijay Seshadri
This Fast-paced, Brutal Thriller by Vijay Seshadri
A Werewolf In Brooklyn by Vijay Seshadri
Ask Me by William Edgar Stafford
At The Bomb Testing Site by William Edgar Stafford
Bi-focal by William Edgar Stafford
A Ritual To Read To Each Other by William Edgar Stafford
Smoke by William Edgar Stafford
Traveling Through The Dark by William Edgar Stafford
The Way It Is by William Edgar Stafford
You Reading This, Be Ready by William Edgar Stafford
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

From Booklist

The story of Graywolf's founding 25 years ago, recounted here, is shared by many a failed literary press. The mere persistence of Graywolf into the present stands for the persistence in our cultural history of the belief that, as the editors put it, creative writing needs to be nurtured and published proudly. The selections here, which include poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including some selections from longer works), are from books Graywolf has published the last quarter century, their authors ranging from still relatively unknown writers to some very prominent ones, such as Tess Gallagher, William Stafford, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Charles Baxter. Baxter, known for his fiction, is represented here by a provocative, witty essay, "Dysfunctional Narratives," which characterizes a disquieting trend in recent American fiction and culture. Silko, also known for her fiction, appears here in an exchange of letters with a dear friend, commencing with his disclosure that he has throat cancer. It is a remarkable exchange, of keen wisdom and hope, and a fitting conclusion to this anthology. James O'Laughlin

About this edition

• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1555972896
• ISBN 13: 9781555972899
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344