Books by Mississippi Writers 1996-2010
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Creation Date
10-1-1996
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Stories by Charles East University of Illinois Press ($14.95, ISBN: 0252065794, 10/1996) Charles East is unafraid to tackle locales that already have long and rich literary traditions; many of his stories are set in places like Memphis and New Orleans, which figure heavily in classic Southern fiction. Now it's the 1990s, however, and the distinctiveness of many Southern places has rubbed off. East writes of people regretting their past and groping their way toward a suitable, if not actually happy, future. Usually, marriage and romance are the paths on which these characters grope, such as the cop musing over his ex-wife's infidelities while he flies over New Orleans in a helicopter.
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