Signed Smiley Jane Editor (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Boston 1995
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- Signed
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Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st trade paperback printing. Among the contributors are Thom Jones, Jaimy Gordon, Jamaica Kincaid, Kate Braverman, Don DeLillo and more. SIGNED on the title page by the editor Jane Smiley, Included are notes on each contributor and a brief commentary by each one on the genesis of that particular short stor…y. xvii, 366 pp. Very good overall - some wear to the covers, including a small peeled spot on front cover, and a few indentations.
More imagesTHE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1995.
[Anthology - signed] Smiley, Jane, editor; Joy Williams, signed,
Language: English
Published by Boston 1995
- Softcover
- Signed
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Condition: NEAR FINE. 1st trade paperback printing. SIGNED by Joy Williams at her story "Honored Guest." Among the other contributors are Thom Jones, Jaimy Gordon, Jamaica Kincaid, Kate Braverman, Don DeLillo, Ellen Gilchrist .Andrea Barrett, Melanie Rae Thon and more. Included are notes on each contributor and a brief commentar…y by each one on the genesis of that particular short story. xvii, 366 pp. Near fine.
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Published by Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC 2015
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
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Condition: FINE. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An anthology that looks at things in a fresh way -"Ask a whole bunch of women about their hair, and you could get a history of the world: reflections and revelations about family, race, religion, ritual, culture, motherhood, politics, . . Anne Lamott tells the stor…y of how watching the The Shawshank Redemption was a turning point in her decision to wear dreadlocks . Marita Golden writes about her grief over what so many African American women still endure to obtain Ògood hair.Ó Patricia Volk opens the cabinet under her sink for us--and itemizes her seventeen hair care products, each with a price tag. Anne Kreamer writes about how she came to go gray and love it. Deborah Feldman reveals why she left the Hasidic Jewish community that required her to cover her hair. Myla Goldberg tells of how ill equipped she was to tend the hair of her adopted biracial daughter. And Suleika Jaouad describes the ravages of chemotherapy and the empowerment of shaving designs onto her head" Other contributors include Rebecca Goldstein, Ru Freeman, Hallie Ephron and many more. SIGNED by Jane Smiley at her contribution "At Last I Learn How to Turn Heads." Notes on contributors. 313 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
