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If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Already
Resource / SEP 2019
Back in the days of Ronald Reagan's America, those far-from-innocent days of nostalgic rot and willful illusion, small-town life was thought to be simple, pure, the source of all decent... read more » -
Incorporation
Cascade / OCT 2012
Hope Church--its clergy and its people--are quite a congregation, an unforgettable cast of saints and sinners. While serving a heavenly realm, they also have their feet plainly planted in the muck... read more » -
James Baldwin and the Short Story
Pickwick / MAR 2018
This book examines the range of issues that echo in James Baldwin’s short stories. It articulates and defends the claim that the stories in the collection Going to Meet the Man are... read more » -
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Kid on the River, Revised Edition
Resource / SEP 2013
Narrow escapes, hilarious predicaments, and grim disasters are all part of the rich and varied experiences of a young tugboat captain on the Columbia River during the era between the grand old... read more » -
Less is More
Resource / JUL 2016
Less is More is a collection of eight ten-minute plays. These tiny dramas speak to the necessity to say what is essential in a small number of words. As Shakespeare said, "Brevity is the... read more » -
Life-Arc Teaching Tales
Resource / APR 2015
The stories, tales, and memories of Life-Arc Teaching Tales deal with the instructiveness of teaching, as well as the hammered, ironic learning of getting through any lifetime. -
Limba Stories and Story-Telling
Wipf and Stock / MAY 2018
The Limba are rice farmers living in the hills of northern Sierra Leone who have, until recently, been somewhat despised by their neighbours. Yet they possess a subtle and fascinating literature,... read more » -
Local News from Someplace Else
Wipf and Stock / JUN 2013
We don't define home the same way anymore. School shootings and natural disasters populate the headlines. Tragedy and disease infiltrate our neighborhoods. We not only must survive in an... read more » -
Lucy Scott's Grand Stand
Resource / JUL 2014
Lucy Scott has faced many challenges in her life, but the one that surfaces on her eighty-fifth birthday may be the greatest of all. As she looks to her future as an independent, energetic woman,... read more »