{"product_id":"a-different-plain-contemporary-nebraska-fiction-writers-paperback","title":"A Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLadette Randolph\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eUniversity of Nebraska Press\u003c\/b\u003e (Manufactured by), \u003cb\u003eMary Pipher\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO Pioneers! was oh so long ago, and yet Willa Cather's masterpiece has proven to be an enduring template for readers' notions of Nebraska writing. The short stories collected here, so richly various in style, theme, and subject matter, should put an end to any such plain thinking about writing from this anything-but-plain state. Nebraska writers all, the authors explore the Midwest, a vastness of small towns, corn, cattle, football, and family businesses. They also venture far afield, to desolate western lives, crowded urban relationships, poignant couplings, comic families, and the worldly idiosyncrasies of characters everywhere. Whether about aging or coming-of-age, leave-taking or coming home, falling apart or finding love, these stories represent contemporary fiction at its best, from the high style of Richard Dooling's \"Immortal Man\" to Kent Haruf's soft-spoken \"Dancing,\" from Ron Hansen's \"My Communist\" to Jonis Agee's earthy, offbeat \"Binding the Devil.\" Original, spirited, and surprising, these contemporary writings depict a modern world on the move and extend the tradition of great fiction from Nebraska into the twenty-first century. Ladette Randolph, the associate director and humanities editor at the University of Nebraska Press. She is the author of a collection of short stories This Is Not the Tropics (2006) and recipient of numerous awards, including the Virginia Faulkner Award, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award, and a Pushcart Prize. Mary Pipher has taught clinical psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is the author of several books, including the bestseller Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLadette Randolph, the associate director and humanities editor at the University of Nebraska Press. She is the author of a collection of short stories \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and recipient of numerous awards, including the Virginia Faulkner Award, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award, and a Pushcart Prize. Mary Pipher has taught clinical psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is the author of several books, including the bestseller \u003ci\u003eReviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.92 x 5.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52522066018611,"sku":"9780803290020","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c1hJeDZmZmNPNU13ZjBFM2Fna1lwZz09.webp?v=1760543621","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-different-plain-contemporary-nebraska-fiction-writers-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}