Alice Redux: New Stories of Alice, Lewis and Wonderland [Paperback]

Richard Peabody (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 2005

Beyond the Looking Glass with Donya Currie Arias, Beth Bachmann, Bruce Bauman, Jeffrey M. Bockman, Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Ann Downer, Kevin Downs, Rikki Ducornet, CMDupre, Alison Habens, Susan Hankla, Ann Harries, Dorothy Hickson, Alice Owens Johnson, Steven Millhauser, Miles David Moore, Dave Morice, Jeff Noon, Lance Olsen, Victoria Popdan, Doug Rice, Katie Roiphe, Lorraine Schein, Martin Seay, Aurelie Sheehan, Susan Sherman, David R. Slavitt, MaryAnn Suehle, Ross Taylor, Tom Whalen, and photos by Nancy Taylor. “Alice Redux is a potent and heady brew; conveying a surreal and intense array of atmospheres and phantasmagorical takes on the original tale, this is a collection by some of the finest and most imaginative writers around. Alice proves to be a Muse in hairband and pinafore; this collection of Alice in Wonderland inspired stories should most definitely be labelled Drink Me.” -- Joolz Denby, author of Billie Morgan “Alice--the hippest girl in Victorian England, the first postmodern heroine--is back, reflected in the looking-glasses of some of the most imaginative writers of our day. Many of my favorites are here--Carter, Coover, Ducornet, Olsen, Sheehan--as well as some intriguing strangers. (And Nancy Taylor's photographs had me fainting in coils.) The literary Alice exerts the same fascination on the contributors that Alice Liddell did on Lewis Carroll, liberating the imagination, loosening the tongue. This is a superb anthology, a Wonderland of fiction wild and new.” --Steven Moore, editor of Over the Rainbow? Hardly “Drawing their inspiration from the imaginative feast that is Alice in Wonderland, these stories are by turns funny, moving, and best of all, startling; each surprises in its own way, and each allows us to inhabit, for a little while longer, a world we didn't even realize we missed.” – Carolyn Parkhurst, author of The Dogs of Babel

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About the Author

Richard Peabody, a prolific poet, fiction writer and editor, is an experienced teacher and important activist in the Washington , D.C. community of letters. He is the founder and co-editor of Gargoyle magazine and editor (or co-editor) of ten anthologies including Mondo Barbie, Conversations with Gore Vidal, A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation and Grace and Gravity: Fiction by Washington Area Women. He is the author of the novella Sugar Mountain, (Argonne Hotel Press), two short story collections, and six poetry collections including Last of the Red Hot Magnetos and I'm in Love with the Morton Salt Girl (Paycock Press). He is currently working on Enhanced Gravity: More Fiction by Washington Area Women (forthcoming 2006). Peabody holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Literature from American University. He has taught at the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, The Writer's Center, and at Hopkins, where he has been presented the Faculty Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement. Peabody lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: Paycock Press (December 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931181224
• ISBN-13: 978-0931181221
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,318,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great gift, January 11, 2008

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This review is from: Alice Redux: New Stories of Alice, Lewis and Wonderland (Paperback)

I bought the book for my husband who had the print of the book cover. When he open the book, he was delighted. He stated the stories are interesting and fun.

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Buying for the Cover Alone, January 21, 2006

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Barbara Esstman (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alice Redux: New Stories of Alice, Lewis and Wonderland (Paperback)

Another great anthology from Richard Peabody, Amazing Editor, with a cover that will let you see Alice with new respect. Following the Mondo series (Mondo Barbie, Mondo Elvis, Mondo James Dean, etc.) and the Grace and Gravity series (Fiction by Washington DC Women -- Volumes II and III in progress), Alice Redux is the usual fine collection of varied styles that Peabody is so talented in assembling. Am looking forward to the release of Sex and Chocolate in February, 2006.