Western Taxidermy - Softcover

Howard, Barb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927063116 ISBN 13: 9781927063118

Publisher: NeWest Press, 2012

Synopsis

Roadkill stuffed and presented as art, an OB/GYN appointment gone horribly wrong, and government spies with a weakness for salmon bagels and Timmy Hos.Tender, satirical, and occasionally absurd, Barb Howards new story collection Western Taxidermy is a perfect introduction to one of Western Canadas most high-spirited literary voices.In these sixteen stories, Howard effortlessly balances wry social commentary and prairie gothic, pairing humans and animals in clever and unexpected ways.

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About the Author

Barb Howard is a third-generation Calgarian who worked as a lawyer and a land contract analyst before receiving her M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Calgary. In 2009, Barb received the Writers' Guild of Alberta (Howard O'Hagan) Award for short fiction. She has also won contests in Alberta Views and Canadian Lawyer, and was also a finalist at the Western Magazine Awards. Barb's first novel, Whipstock, was published by NeWest Press in 2001. Since then, Barb has published the novella Notes for Monday (Recliner, 2009), and the young adult novel The Dewpoint Show (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2010). Barb currently lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta with her husband, a pair of easygoing sons, and one neurotic dog.

About this edition

• Publisher: NeWest Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1927063116
• ISBN 13: 9781927063118
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208