The world begins here : an anthology of Oregon short fiction

Format:

Book

Title:

The world begins here : an anthology of Oregon short fiction

ISBN:

9780870713699

9780870713705

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xxii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Series title(s):

Oregon literature series ;

Number in series:

V. 1.

Contents:

Coyote and the shadow people / Nez Perce -- South wind / Nehalem Tillamook -- The man who was husband to a seal / Nehalem Tillamook -- The bridge of the gods -- The beginning of earth / Northern Paiute -- On the sand / Frances Fuller Victor -- An old Oregonian in the snow / Joaquin Miller -- Zarelda / Ella Higginson -- Marooned in Crater Lake / Alfred Powers -- Old man Isbell's wife / H.L. Davis -- The old warhorse / James Stevens -- Cry deep, cry still / Ernest Haycox -- The pack beyond the fire / Ben Hur Lampman -- Timber Top / Walt Morey -- Owl trouble / Beverly Cleary -- Riding pants / Bernard Malamud -- The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula Le Guin -- Native Cutthroat / William Kittredge -- The first Sunday of September / Ken Kesey -- A trap for the moon / Don Berry -- Cry about a nickel / Percival Everett -- Who kept one hand in her pocket / Jim Heynen -- The doe / Molly Gloss -- Why, Honey? / Raymond Carver -- The blood of the lamb / Ellen Howard -- Mint / Craig lesley -- Homecooking / Elizabeth Woody -- Los Persas / Juan Armando Epple -- Garage sale people / Juan Armando Epple -- Jordan Valley / Barry Lopez -- Halloween, Via Dolorosa / Russell Working -- O'Keefe sober / Martha Gies -- The lord of misrule at Separation Creek / Miles Wilson -- The flower girls / Lawson Inada.

Summary:

This first of a six-volume anthology of literature by Oregonians or about Oregon contains old and new short stories and some Native American oral tales.

Subject(s):

Short stories, American -- Oregon.

Short stories, American -- Oregon -- Literary collections.

Short stories.

Oregon -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

Oregon -- Literary collections.

Oregon -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Oregon -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

Oregon -- Literary collections.

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Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Dallas Public Library	OR 813 Oregon	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Independence Public Library	FICTION - WORLD	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	813 World 1993	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Mount Angel Public Library	813 WORLD	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	813 WORLD	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Salem Main Library	OREGON 813 World 1993	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Silver Falls Library	813 LOVE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Thirty-three Oregon stories ranging from a Nez Perce tale to stories by many contemporary writers including Ursula Le Guin, Craig Lesley, Barry Lopez, and Ken Kesey.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This first volume in the Oregon Literature Series offers an array of short works and extracts by authors who are currently or formerly from Oregon. Its studied exploration of moral lessons and local cultural experiences make it most appropriate for use in the state's classrooms. A Nez Perce version of the Orpheus myth finds the mythical trickster Coyote journeying to the land of shadows to recover his wife. In Beverly Cleary's tale, one of Ramona's classmates copies her paper-bag owl, landing Ramona in a quandary: Is it worse to be a tattletale or a copycat? Ursula Le Guin explores the role of the scapegoat in her description of Omelas (Salem Oregon, backward), a town whose happiness and prosperity continues only as long as it keeps a malnourished, mistreated child locked in a dirt cellar. Juan Armando Epple's story, appearing in both the original Spanish and in English translation, describes how members of an immigrant family, whose grandmother remains in their native Chile, discover the joy of shopping at garage sales and make an unusual purchase: a grandmother. Love co-edited Northwest Perspectives. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Here begins a six-volume set that will attempt to capture Oregon's literary heritage. Love starts with a Nez Perc{{‚}}e coyote story and concludes with well-known contemporaries such as Barry Lopez, Raymond Carver, Ken Kesey, William Kittredge, and Ursula Le Guin--her city Omelas, she explains, is Salem O[regon] spelled backward. One of the highlights of the collection is a fast-moving pioneer story by the almost-forgotten Ernest Haycox, and there's also a nice tale from Oregon's Pulitzer Prize winner, H. L. Davis. Tastefully illustrated, and of interest, surely, anywhere in the West. (Reviewed June 1993)0870713698John Mort