Title:
Head of the lakes : selected short stories / by Anthony Bukoski ; with an introduction by Nick Hayes.
ISBN:
9781947237063
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Publication Information:
Minneapolis, MN : Nodin Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
xiii, 185 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
"These short stories have been selected from the fifty-one stories in Children of Strangers (Southern Methodist University Press, 1993), Polonaise (SMU, 1999), Time Between Trains (SMU, 2003), and North of the Port (SMU, 2008). In 2011, Holy Cow! Press published Time Between Trains in paperback. Nick Hayes's introduction "Superior's East End and Anthony Bukoski's Ghosts" first appeared as an essay in MinnPost." -- ECIP galley.
Contents:
Tools of ignorance -- Time between trains -- A chance for snow -- Immigration and naturalization -- English as a second language -- The case for bread and sausage -- Report of the guardian of the sick -- The shadow players -- The bird that sings in the bamboo -- Rain. fog. a harbor city -- The moon of the grass fires -- The absolution of Hedda Borski -- Children of strangers -- Mrs. Burbul -- The president of the past.
Summary:
"A collection of short stories about Polish Americans and the blue-collar community in Superior, WI, from its boom days in the post-World War II era to its decline and near disappearance in recent times." -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1031426586
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
