A state of laughter : comic fiction from Alabama

Noble, Donald R. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781604890051
ISBN: 1604890053
ISBN: 9781604890044
ISBN: 1604890045
Physical Description: viii, 215 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: [Livingston, Ala.] : Livingston Press, University of West Alabama, ©2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The Byzantine riddle / Eugene Walter -- My side of the matter / Truman Capote -- Five / Madison Jones -- Brother Bobby's eye / William Cobb -- Water liars / Barry Hannah -- Elephants at the kitchen window ; Delbert Earle and the world of work / Robert Inman -- Me and my baby view the eclipse / Lee Smith -- Piano skirmish / Fred Bonnie -- The tantalux experience / Pat Mayer -- My ode to Sylvia Plath / Joe Taylor -- from Shop talk / Carolyn Haines (as Lizzie Hart) -- from Second sluthood : a guide for the post-menopausal, pre-senile matriarch, by Ruby Pearl / Suzanne Hudson -- Revise and resubmit / Joe Formichella -- Are you Mr. Lonelee? / Brad Watson -- A full boat / Daniel Wallace -- Falling / Marlin Barton -- Our spring catalog ; Advance praise for So twines the grape / Jack Pendarvis -- The safety man / Tom Franklin -- Sweet, sweet tea / Wendy Reed -- Smash and grab / Michael Knight -- The great amphibian / Michelle Richmond.