Compiled by the editors of the award-winning Clackamas Literary Review, this anthology of twenty short stories and fifty poems gives readers the opportunity to read from a broad range of styles, perspectives, and generations spanning the last century. The anthology is not separated by genre, as are most literature anthologies available today (but rather loosely co-mingles poems and stories according to gradually developing themes); and places canonized writing, and some lesser known yet accomplished writing, together under the same cover. Includes Writer biographies. Features works by James Joyce, Alice Munro, Alice Walker, Gracey Paley, Tim O'Brien, Jamaica Kincaid, Bobbie Ann Mason, William Faulkner, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, John Cheever, Raymond Carver, Melissa Pritchard, Jorge Luis Borges, John Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, Anton Chekhov, Carolyn Forche, Flannery O'Connor, Mary Robinson, Gary Soto, Sharon Olds, Joy Hado, Rohert Hayden, Gary Thompson, Wiliam Stafford, Walt McDonald, Alberto Rios, Theodore Roethke, Marilynne Chin, Gary Snyder, Linda Hogan, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Anne Sexton, Daisy Zamora, Lucille Clifton, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Dobyns, Octavio Paz, James Haggard, Lanston Hughes, Rita Dove, Carolyn Kizer, Naomi Shihab Nye, Donald Hall, Jimmy Santiago Boca, Maya Angelou, Claribe Alegria, Elizabeth Bishop, James Dickey, Richard Hugo, Denise Levertov, Mary Oliver, James Wright, Jim Harrison, Robert Frost. For anyone interested in Twentieth-Century short stories or poems or Creative Writing (fiction and poetry).
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Designed to be a companion anthology for Creative Writing courses or used in an Introduction to Literature course, A Writer's Country is a textual tool for instructors who want a brief anthology without the apparatus.
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JEFF KNORR: A specialist in both technical writing and poetry at Clackamas Community College, Jeff coordinates the department's efforts in computer-assisted instruction. Jeff and his co-author Tim Schell have also launched the Clackamas Literary Review, a prestigious national literary magazine, which offers a contest and poetry, fiction, and essays by leading writers.
TIM SCHELL: Committed to promoting writing, Tim also created the Clackamas Literary Review and serves as co-editor with Jeff Knorr. He specializes in the teaching—and writing—of fiction at Clackamas. He has won the prestigious Martindale Prize for Long Fiction in 1993 and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for a story published in 1995.
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I bought a used third edition (1991) because it was recommended above more recent editions. The book is excellent, although the pages are a bit thin (because there are so many).
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When taking my first Creative Writing class, A Writer's Country was one of the required texts I had to pick up. As it says on it's cover, A Writer's Country is a collection of fiction and poetry by some reknowned authors. James Joyce, Sharon Olds, Anne Sexton, Emily Dickinson, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemmingway, Stephen Crane, Anton Chekov, Flannery O'Connor, and Robert Frost are among the authors whose works have been compiled here by editors Jeff Knorr and Tim Schell, and there are even some brief biographies in the back of the book to boot. The only real downside for A Writer's Country is the price, which for what you get here may seem a little steep, but generally speaking you can find this text for cheaper. That aside, this can serve as a handy reference guide for literature lovers or aspiring writers, and it's a worthwhile addition to either's library.
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Didnt crack the book at aLL . Dropped class 2 or 3 weeks deep lol. Anyway now i have something to line my birdcage with....
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