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Winter 2006

  • Min Jin Lee

    Here, Min Jin reads from her novel at Narrative Night, New York City.

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  • Frank Conroy

    Her knees seemed about to give way, and he quickly grabbed her elbow.

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  • Rick Bass

    All my life, I’d been shy, and I wasn’t about to change that.

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  • Tom Grimes

    Ivan rolled his eyes, and looked at the sky like someone about to be martyred.

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  • Cai Emmons

    For a month after 9/11 Bella wept through all her appointments.

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  • Mermer Blakeslee

    All my life, I’d been shy, and I wasn’t about to change that.

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  • Wesley Brown

    He never stopped reminding me that I was born in Harmony, Georgia.

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Winter 2006
Editors’ Note

Fiction

  • Mermer BlakesleeLeenie
  • Wesley BrownWomen from Mars
  • Cai EmmonsThe Stylist
  • Tom GrimesRedemption Song, Part One
  • Padgett PowellThree Short Pieces
  • Robin TroyLiberty Lanes

Nonfiction

  • Rick BassShy

Narrative Outloud

  • Pia Z. EhrhardtPia Outloud
  • Tom JenksIntroduction to Narrative Reading
  • Min Jin LeeFree Food for Millionaires

Narrative Nights

  • New York City

Readers' Narratives

  • Robert BeattySeaside Cliffs
    Near Big Sur, California
  • Caroline LedeboerMr. Song’s House, Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Tara W. LumpkinIn the House of a Sangoma,
    Katatura, Namibia
  • Amy PetersChair Nine, Telluride, Colorado
  • Paula SpeckThe Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico City
  • Mark YakichThe Twelfth Apostle,
    Leuven, Belgium

Classics

  • Frank ConroyGossip

First & Second Looks

  • William BentonMadly
  • Lawrence BuellThe American Transcendentalists
  • Zona GaleMiss Lulu Bett
    and Selected Stories
  • Rachel IngallsTimes Like These
  • William MaxwellTime Will Darken It
  • Tobias WolffThe Barracks Thief

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