Heavier Than Air: Stories (Awp Award Series in Short Fiction): Stories (Awp Award Series in Short Fiction)
by Nona Caspersbook data
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November 30th 2006
by University of Massachusetts Press
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Hardcover, 186 pages
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1558495568
(isbn13: 9781558495562)
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Winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction The stories in this first collection deliver the reader into a world in which men, women, and chi...more
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Read in April, 2009
Casper's stories reveal the deep inner lives of Midwesterners as they struggle not so much with the land, but with other eternal matters: life and death, first love perverted by the fear of others perceptions, madness, a sense of belonging to a greater world, madness, and the struggle to survive with hope in the face of all to the contrary. Many of these stories deal with children or teens facing the loss of innocence: the burgeoning love of Nora for her cousin Cynthia cut off by the fears of th...more
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serious litfic writers and readers
From my review up at The Short Review.
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The word I think of when I think of this collection is “cusp”. Every character in the eleven stories in this first collection is poised on the cusp of a terrifying or exciting edge, but make no mistake, he or she might fly or fall, but is rendered breathtakingly alive. Young adults on the verge of discovering what lies ahead, ride the cusp of adulthood only to sense that life and what it has to offer can mak...more
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The word I think of when I think of this collection is “cusp”. Every character in the eleven stories in this first collection is poised on the cusp of a terrifying or exciting edge, but make no mistake, he or she might fly or fall, but is rendered breathtakingly alive. Young adults on the verge of discovering what lies ahead, ride the cusp of adulthood only to sense that life and what it has to offer can mak...more
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Read in March, 2008
I'm biased. I knew Nona growing up; our mothers are great friends. She really captures life in our small, Stearns County town. If you also grew up in a small town, or felt like a weirdo, or just really wanted to escape, you will understand and enjoy this collection.
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Excellent first collection. She has me gasping for air with some of these stories, that's for sure.
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Read in January, 2008
Pretty uneven. The stories get better after the first two, and I was glad I didn't put it down when I did. But they don't soar. The book actually deserves 2.5 stars, but that's not an option here.
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read a few of the stories and they were interesting, but really want a book to read.
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Read in August, 2007
you can be too sure about what is going on in the lives of those around you.
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
Literature students who can still appreciate this sort of thing
Typical "literary" short fiction: allegedly evocative, actually boring.
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Hmmm...what I would give to take a class at State with Ms. Caspers....
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