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An elegant, witty, frank, touching, and deeply personal account of
the loves both great and fleeting in the life of one of America's
most celebrated and fabled women.
Born to great wealth yet kept a virtual prisoner by the custody
battle that raged between her proper aunt and her self-absorbed,
beautiful mother, Gloria Vanderbilt grew up in a special world.
Stunningly beautiful herself, yet insecure and with a touch of
wildness, she set out at a very early age to find romance. And find
it she did. There were love affairs with Howard Hughes, Bill Paley,
and Frank Sinatra, to name a few, and one-night stands, which she
writes about with delicacy and humor, including one with the young
Marlon Brando. There were marriages to men as diverse as Pat De
Cicco, who abused her; the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski,
who kept his innermost secrets from her; film director Sidney
Lumet; and finally writer Wyatt Cooper, the love of her life.
Now, in an irresistible memoir that is at once ruthlessly
forthright, supremely stylish, full of fascinating details, and
deeply touching, Gloria Vanderbilt writes at last about the subject
on which she has hitherto been silent: the men in her life, why she
loved them, and what each affair or marriage meant to her. This is
the candid and captivating account of a life that has kept gossip
writers speculating for years, as well as Gloria's own intimate
description of growing up, living, marrying, and loving in the
glare of the limelight and becoming, despite a family as famous and
wealthy as America has ever produced, not only her own person but
an artist, a designer, a businesswoman, and a writer of rare
distinction.
Ten writers from across Canada are featured in this volume that
presents the first year of the Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Award
in a curated short-story collection. Contemporary storytellers
honored with the prize in 2011 include Frank Wescott as he tells of
a poet in love; Silvia Moreno-Garcia offering a new take on Mexican
folklore; and Ken Strange with a story of conflict between head and
heart in a neuroscience lab. The anthology also showcases talented
short fiction by Gregory Betts, Hugh Graham, Kristi-Ly Green, Leigh
Nash, Richard Van Camp, Rishma Dunlop, and Zoe Stikeman.
The best of today's Canadian short fiction is showcased in this
fourth annual volume of the Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction
Anthology series, which features the 12 stories short-listed-among
them winners Jason Timermanis and Hugh Graham-for the 2014 $15,000
Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Competition. The book contains
contemporary writing that reflects a diversity in emerging and
established Canadian writers, including Gregory Betts, K'ari
Fisher, Matthew R. Loney, Helen Marshall, George McWhirter, Susan
P. Redmayne, Linda Rogers, Leon Rooke, Madelaine Sonik, Erin Soros.
Following the stories are biographies of each contributor.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
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From writer, artist and philanthropist, Gloria Vanderbilt, who
sponsors one of the largest literary prizes in Canada, and who
supports this unique Canadians-only short fiction publication. "I
am proud and thrilled that all these wonderful writers are
presented in the CVC Anthology. Carter, my son, Anderson Cooper's
brother, was just 23 when he died in 1988. He was a promising
editor, writer, and, from the time he was a small child, a
voracious reader. Carter came from a family of storytellers, and
stories were a guide which helped him discover the world. Though I,
and those who loved Carter, still hear his voice in our heads and
in our hearts, my son's voice was silenced long ago. I hope this
prize helps other writers find their voice, and helps them touch
others' lives with the mystery and magic of the written word." This
volume presents the 14 shortlisted writers: Nicholas Ruddock, Leon
Rooke, Hugh Graham, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Bruce Meyer, Priscila
Uppal, Veronica Gaylie, Christine Miscione, Lisa Foad, Maggie
Dwyer, Josip Novakovich, Bart Campbell, Lisa Pike and Linda Rogers.
The best of today's Canadian short fiction is showcased in this
third volume of the Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Anthology
series, which features the 12 stories short-listed--among them the
three winners--for the 2013 $15,000 Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction
Competition. The book contains contemporary writing that reflects a
diversity in emerging and established Canadian writers, including
Austin Clarke, Leon Rooke, Priscilla Uppal, Greg Hollingshead, Sang
Kim, Matthew R. Loney, Helen Marshall, George McWhirter, Rob
Peters, David Somers, Yakos Spiliotopoulos and Liz Windhorst
Harmer. The collection contains the winners, including Kim's "When
John Lennon Died," a story about loss, homesickness, and nostalgia;
Uppal's "Cover Before Striking," a disturbing, poetic tale sure to
make readers' hearts race; and Clarke's "They Never Told Me," a
haunting, unforgettable story that reaches the deepest places in
the mind and heart. Following the stories are biographies of each
contributor.
Celebrating the diversity of Canadian short fiction, 12 writers
are featured in this volume of the short list and winners of the
2012 Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Award. The curated short-story
collection includes writing by contemporary storytellers Christine
Miscione, exploring self-mutilation as the art of living; Leon
Rooke and his maze of contradictory and unresolved questions; and
Sean Virgo with a surreal tale of a wintertime house and
harpsichords. Also showcased in the anthology are short fictions by
Amy Stuart, Daniel Perry, Darlene Madott, Jacqueline Windh, Kelly
Watt, Kris Bertin, Linda Rogers, Martha Batiz, and Phil Della.
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