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The Sweetheart Is In
In these edgy, lyrical stories, S.L. Wisenberg portrays the yearnings of a little sister, the hazy memories of a concentration camp liberator, and the romantic entanglements of political activists. Each of these stories creates its own universe in the space of a few pages. The award-winning title story captures the longings, personal and political, of a sensitive girl on t...more
Paperback, 139 pages
Published
May 6th 2001
by Northwestern University Press
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I got turned on to this author when I attended a small reading she gave at the College of DuPage. At the time, I was taking a fiction-writing course there.
Later, upon reading the stories in this book, I found the writing to be every bit as charming and insightful as the writer. These stories are among the best I've ever read concerning modern relationships---family relationships, as well as romantic relationships. Humor and drama are equally balanced here. Some of the selections ...more
Later, upon reading the stories in this book, I found the writing to be every bit as charming and insightful as the writer. These stories are among the best I've ever read concerning modern relationships---family relationships, as well as romantic relationships. Humor and drama are equally balanced here. Some of the selections ...more
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S. L. Wisenberg is the author of two nonfiction books, The Adventures of Cancer Bitch and Holocaust Girls: History, Memory & Other Obsessions. Her short-story collection, The Sweetheart Is In, was a Chicago Tribune Notable Book. She has received a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois Arts Council. She...more
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