New York is a city of writers. And when the city was attacked on
9/11, its writers began to do what writers do, they began to look
and feel and think and write, began to struggle to process an event
unimaginable before, and even after, it happened. The work of
journalists appeared immediately, in news reports, commentaries,
and personal essays. But no single collection has yet recorded how
New York writers of fiction, poetry, and dramatic prose have
responded to 9/11. Now, in 110 Stories, Ulrich Baer has gathered a
multi-hued range of voices that convey, with vivid immediacy and
heightened imagination, the shock and loss suffered in September.
From a stunning lineup of 110 renowned and emerging
writers-including Paul Auster, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Edwidge
Danticat, Vivian Gornick, Phillip Lopate, Dennis Nurkse, Melvin
Bukiet, Susan Wheeler-these stories give readers not so much an
analysis of what happened as the very shape and texture of a city
in crisis, what it felt like to be here, the external and internal
damage that the city and its inhabitants absorbed in the space and
the aftermath of a few unforgettable hours. As A.M. Homes says in
one of the book's eyewitness accounts, "There is no place to put
this experience, no folder in the mental hard drive that says,
'catastrophe.' It is not something that you want to remember, not
something that you want to forget." This collection testifies to
the power of poetry and storytelling to preserve and give meaning
to what seems overwhelming. It showcases the literary imagination
in its capacity to gauge the impact of 9/11 on how we view the
world. Just as the stories of the World Trade towers were filled
with people from all walks of life, the stories collected here
reflect New York's true diversity, its boundless complexity and
polyglot energy, its regenerative imagination, and its spirit of
solidarity and endurance. The editor's proceeds will be donated to
charity. Cover art donated by Art Spiegelman. List of Contributors:
Humera Afridi, Ammiel Alcalay, Elena Alexander, Meena Alexander,
Jeffery Renard Allen, Roberta Allen, Jonathan Ames, Darren
Aronofsky, Paul Auster, Jennifer Belle, Jenifer Berman, Charles
Bernstein, Star Black, Breyten Breytenbach, Melvin Jules Bukiet,
Peter Carey, Lawrence Chua, Ira Cohen, Imraan Coovadia, Edwidge
Danticat, Alice Elliot, Eric Darton, Lydia Davis, Samuel R. Delany,
Maggie Dubris, Rinde Eckert, Janice Eidus, Masood Farivar, Carolyn
Ferrell, Richard Foreman, Deborah Garrison, Amitav Ghosh, James
Gibbons, Carol Gilligan, Thea Goodman, Vivian Gornick, Tim Griffin,
Lev Grossman, John Guare, Sean Gullette, Jessica Hagedorn, Kimiko
Hahn, Nathalie Handal, Carey Harrison, Joshua Henkin, Tony Hiss,
David Hollander, A.M. Homes, Richard Howard, Laird Hunt, Siri
Hustvedt, John Keene, John Kelly, Wayne Koestenbaum, Richard
Kostelanetz, Guy Lesser, Jonathan Lethem, Jocelyn Lieu, Tan Lin,
Sam Lipsyte, Phillip Lopate, Karen Malpede, Charles McNulty, Pablo
Medina, Ellen Miller, Paul D. Miller/DJ Spooky, Mark Jay, Tova
Mirvis, Albert Mobilio, Alex Molot, Mary Morris, Tracie Morris,
Anna Moschovakis, Richard Eoin Nash, Josip Novakovich, Dennis
Nurkse, Geoffrey O'Brien, Larry O'Connor, Robert Polito, Nelly
Reifler, Rose-Myriam Rejouis, Roxana Robinson, Avital Ronell,
Daniel Asa Rose, Joe Salvatore, Grace Schulman, Lynne Sharon
Schwartz, Dani Shapiro, Akhil Sharma, Suzan Sherman, Jenefer Shute,
Hal Sirowitz, Pamela Sneed, Chris Spain, Art Spiegelman, Catharine
R. Stimpson, Liz Swados, Lynne Tillman, Mike Topp, David Trinidad,
Val Vinokurov, Chuck Wachtel, Mac Wellman, Owen West, Rachel
Wetzsteon, Susan Wheeler, Peter Wortsman, John Yau, Christopher Yu.
General
Imprint: |
New York University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2002 |
First published: |
August 2004 |
Editors: |
Ulrich Baer
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Dimensions: |
229 x 127 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
333 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8147-9905-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
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LSN: |
0-8147-9905-1 |
Barcode: |
9780814799055 |
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