Synopsis
ere we go again. What began as a New Year s Eve brainstorm has turned into a showcase for original fiction. You re holding the fifth volume in a series of fiction collections by Washington area women. The series has now printed over two thousand pages of stories, novel excerpts, and flash fiction by 206 women. In the beginning there were people who doubted I d find enough publishable stories by talented local women to fill even one volume. Joke s on them. "There is nothing parochial here in Amazing Graces: Yet Another Collection of Fiction by by Washington Area Women. Not in terms of place nor of gender. This is quite simply a remarkable collection of contemporary fiction dense with real life and more. Dive in!!!!" Frances Driscoll, author of Talk to Me and The Rape Poems "Amazing Graces is absolutely consuming. I was transported by the worries of a teenage girl in a tough inner-city school, a woman desperate to break up with her therapist, someone who loses his sight and makes sense of the world. These stories are raw and inviting, painful enough to read, yet often endearingly funny. A mother in Floating says, You know, honey, there s something I want to tell you, but I don t want to upset you. Do you think you ll be upset? It s a question I might ask the reader of this collection. You are going to go to a wig shop in these pages; you are going to walk into a room of Kennedy lookalikes, and people wearing Sarah Palin masks. Take nothing for granted and get ready to be surprised." Marti Leimbach, author of Dying Young and The Man From Saigon "In this amazing anthology, you will find depth and range in stories taking place from Brazil to New Orleans, London to New York to L.A., from Maryland s Eastern Shore to the other side of the grave and, of course, Washington. You will find humor, irony, rage, sorrow, ghost stories and love stories. You will find kids who rebel and grow, and kids who don t. You will find women who face pregnancies, abortions and adoptions; mothers who love their children and mothers who drive them crazy; wives who cope with adultery, and wives who confess it. Mostly, you will find real people made of flesh and blood, bone and heart. What you will not find is politics, or politicians (except for a fantasized Dick Cheney in retirement). Thus, this is a guide to the real capital, stretching far beyond the Capitol dome into the real world and beautifully rendered by gifted Washington women with art, intelligence and grace." Joanna Biggar, author of That Paris Year
About the Author
Richard Peabody is the founder and co-editor of Gargoyle Magazine and editor (or co-editor) of nineteen anthologies including Mondo Barbie, Con- versations with Gore Vidal, and A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation.The author of a novella,two short story collections,and six poetry books, he is also a native Washingtonian. Peabody teaches fiction writing at Johns Hopkins University, where he has been presented both the Faculty Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement (2005) and the Award for Teaching Excellence: Master of Arts in Writing Program (2010 11).
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