New Stories from the South: The Year's Best 1997 Book

PREFACE: "Letter from Sister--What we learned at the P.O."
by Tony Earley

Michael Knight, "Birdland"
From THE NEW YORKER

Heather Sellers, "Fla. Boys"
From FIVE POINTS

Clyde Edgerton, "Lunch at the Piccadilly"
From THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY

William Gay, "Those Deep Elm Brown's Ferry Blues"
From THE MISSOURI REVIEW

Richard Bausch, "Missy"
From FIVE POINTS

George Singleton, "Caulk"
From SHENANDOAH

Rick DeMarinis, "Borrowed Hearts"
From THE ANTIOCH REVIEW

Wendy Brenner, "The Human Side of Instrumental Transcommunication"
From STORY

Ingrid Hill, "Pagan Babies"
From THE SOUTHERN REVIEW

Richard Schmitt, "Leaving Venice, Florida"
From MISSISSIPPI REVIEW

Mary Gordon, "Storytelling"
From THE THREEPENNY REVIEW

Mary Clyde, "Krista Had a Treble Clef Rose"
From BOULEVARD

Laura Payne Butler, "Booker T's Coming Home"
From THE DISTILLERY

Michael Erard, "Beyond the Point"
From THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW

Pinckney Benedict, "Miracle Boy"
From ESQUIRE

Kurt Rheinheimer, "Neighborhood"
From THE GREENSBORO REVIEW

Andrew Alexander, "Little Bitty Pretty One"
From MISSISSIPPI REVIEW

Janice Daugharty, "Name of Love"
From STORY

Tony Earley, "Quill"
From ESQUIRE

Tom Franklin, "Poachers"
From THE TEXAS REVIEW

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