Sentences with phrase «first book of short stories»

James Joyce's first book of short stories was rejected by 22 publishers.

Following his Pulitzer Prize - winning The Known World, Jones presents a collection of fourteen short stories centered in Washington D.C - the same location as his first book of short stories, Lost in the City - a place that he knows well having been born and raised there.

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For example, books reviewed in the first months of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection of short stories, Lost Face.

His first novel, Morte D'Urban (1962), won the National Book Award, as did a third short - story collection, Look How the Fish Live (1973) Although more uneven than the first two collections, this book still contained the requisite number of outstanding pieBook Award, as did a third short - story collection, Look How the Fish Live (1973) Although more uneven than the first two collections, this book still contained the requisite number of outstanding piebook still contained the requisite number of outstanding pieces.

After all, he states in the prologue of his first anthology of short stories (1941): «It is an arduous and impoverishing whim to compose vast books, to extend for five hundred long - winded pages an idea whose perfect oral exposition lasts a few minutes.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, From Stardust to Living Planet, written by the Geophysical Laboratory's Bob Hazen, has been chosen from books released in 2012 as one of the five titles on the short list for the current Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, one of the three book awards given by Phi Beta Kappa annually.

The short story, «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty» was included in the book «My World And Welcome To It» but was first published in The New Yorker.

Based on the first King novel written after the author was smeared across a Maine highway by a man who would later kill himself in a trailer, the book is a fine short story trapped in the body of a six - hundred page book.

(as above) Short 3: First impressions of the book (as above) Short 4: Vocabulary and interesting techniques found in the book (as above) Short 5: Character biography of Santiago (as above) All of these exercises can be found on the ppts Handout 1: What have you learned about the protagonist of the story?

The pupil who writes the best short story will win original artwork from illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, # 50 of book vouchers and a set of the first six Judy Moody books.

I was first drawn to Danielle Evans» debut book — short story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self — because of the title, which is taken from «The Bridge Poem» by Donna Kate Rushin.

Lam's first book, a collection of interconnected short stories, opens with «How To Get Into Medical School, Part 1, a story which at first glance treads familiar territory - an Asian girl of first generation immigrant parents finds herself torn between her budding love for fellow medical student Fitz (an unsuitable boy by dint of him not being Asian) and her drive to succeed at the highest level as a medical student.

His stories have appeared in a variety of magazines and his first book, a collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, won the British Fantasy Award for «Best New Horror».

Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer (and a pile of other awards) for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, but I've always been all about Drown, his first collection of short stories and the book that singled him out as the most promising literary voice of the Dominican - American community.

«My Parents» Bedroom», a story included in this, his first book, was one of five short stories by African writers chosen as finalists for The Caine Prize for African Writing.

And fans of both authors can follow up with further works: Poe wrote dozens of short stories and poems, and Blake's sequel, Girl of Nightmares, picks up where the first book ends.

I've been doing this almost since the beginning of my e-publishing adventure, first with a short story and then, for the last year, with my first Emperor's Edge book.

Independent digital - first publisher Le French Book publishes translated versions of France's mysteries, thrillers, novels, and short stories.

I waited until I had the third book out in the series before dropping the price of the first to zero (though I did have my Ice Cracker II short story out for free, and I think that was a big help with convincing people to drop the $ 3 for the novel!

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I had several short stories published and then embarked on my first novel, The Eloquence of Desire which was published in 2010 by Sparkling Books.

His first short story collection Out Through the Attic, came out in 2014 from 7DS Books, and he made his first short story pro-sale in 2014 with «Jimmy Krinklepot and the White Rebels of Hayberry,» included in WordFire's A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories.

Her critically - acclaimed short fiction collection American Salvage, which consists of fourteen lush and rowdy stories of folks who are struggling to make sense of the twenty - first century, was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction.

Personal and passionate, Giovanni's short narrative talks about the sacred songs first sung by slaves, tracing how people in bondage created the great spirituals to tell their stories, and what the songs (presented in full at the end of the book) still mean to us today.

His first book - Long Lankin, a collection of short stories, was published in 1970.

Louise Dean is the author of novels and short stories published in the UK and internationally, including Becoming Strangers, This Human Season, The Idea of Love, and The Old Romantic Her first book, the award - winning Becoming Strangers was voted one of the top 5 fiction books of 2004 by The Observer.

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In the meantime, I had a few short stories published, one of which was the first chapter of the new book, an excellent fact for my query letters to agents once I completed the new novel.

And, indeed, I ended up ceding right - of - first - read to Bret, who was on the cusp of publishing his own book of short stories.

Established in 1993, its William Faulkner — William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, with cash awards for the best novel - in - progress, novella, short story, poem, essay, and short story by a high school student, has contributed to the launching of a number of careers — including those of Stewart O'Nan, whose first novel, Snow Angels (Doubleday, 1994), was a competition winner; Julia Glass, who won the National Book Award (NBA) for Three Junes (Pantheon Books, 2002); and Lynn Stegner, who was nominated for the NBA for two novels, Undertow (Baskerville, 1996) and Fata Morgana (Baskerville, 1995).

The first book edited by Martin, managing editor of the short - fiction magazine Zoetrope: All Story, collects essays from some very famous writers and some less famous writers, that directly address the issue of money, rather than politely sidestepping it.

Although London returned home one year later with only gold dust, Lourie explains how London's real wealth was found in the characters and events that inspired White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and dozens of other books and short stories, making him the first author of the twentieth century to earn a million dollars from writing.

Louise Dean is the author of novels and short stories published in the UK and internationally, including Becoming Strangers, This Human Season, The Idea of Love, and The Old Romantic Her first book, the award - winning Becoming... (more)

In 1994 he published his first book, a collection of short stories titled The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth.

He has published two novels, The Last Warner Woman and The Same Earth (unpublished in the U.S.), as well as several collections of poetry and a book of short stories, The Fear of Stones and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best First Bbook of short stories, The Fear of Stones and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best Firsstories, The Fear of Stones and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best FirsStories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best First BookBook.

Oscar Casares» Amigoland, his first novel and a follow - up to his much - acclaimed book of short stories,...

Craig Cliff is the author of The Mannequin Makers, a novel, and A Man Melting, a collection of short stories, which won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best First Book.

Your strategy of «first book free» led me to try out the strategy I'm working with right now, which is to write free short stories, put them on my site, and let people know about them.

Amazon's also selected the best fiction books for November — including the first collection of short stories ever by author Don DeLillo.

His first short story collection, The Watch, set in Texas, won the PEN / Nelson Algren Award, and his 2002 collection, The Hermit's Story, was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the story collection, The Watch, set in Texas, won the PEN / Nelson Algren Award, and his 2002 collection, The Hermit's Story, was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Story, was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year.

His first book, Long Lankin, a collection of short stories, was published in 1970.

I got a lot of rejection letters when I first started sending off short stories and the first book in my Highmage's Plight series.

The Stinging Fly is delighted to announce the return of the Davy Byrnes Short Story Award Booker Prize winner Anne Enright, Impac Winner Jon McGregor and Yi Yun Li winner of the Guardian First Book Award will judge the competition.

It means that I have finished two first drafts, published one short story and had another accepted for publication, written and published numerous blog posts, and started the rewrite of one of those book drafts.

My short story and flash fiction writing is going well, I'm roughly 20k words into a slipstream novel set in Lincolnshire and of course I keep revising / submitting the first book in the Strandline series.

Please enter me in your giveaway for a digital copy of your first book, and I would love to review your short story also!

She won first place in the San Diego Book Awards for her short story «Phipps and the Jay»; First place in Christian Romance for her book Smoke Before the Wind; First place in Christian Fiction for her e-book, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award Confirst place in the San Diego Book Awards for her short story «Phipps and the Jay»; First place in Christian Romance for her book Smoke Before the Wind; First place in Christian Fiction for her e-book, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award ContBook Awards for her short story «Phipps and the Jay»; First place in Christian Romance for her book Smoke Before the Wind; First place in Christian Fiction for her e-book, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award ConFirst place in Christian Romance for her book Smoke Before the Wind; First place in Christian Fiction for her e-book, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award Contbook Smoke Before the Wind; First place in Christian Fiction for her e-book, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award ConFirst place in Christian Fiction for her e-book, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award Contbook, House of the Forest; Second place for Martha, First place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award ConFirst place for her manuscript for A Distant Mountain (now Shadows on the Mountain); all in Reader's Favorite Book Review and Award ContBook Review and Award Contest.

The industry has changed since most of them sold their first book or short story.

All books would be part of an ongoing series, with the first and final page being a lead generation page to get people to visit my website and join my email list (in return they would get a free short - story)