{"product_id":"allegiance-stories-paperback","title":"Allegiance: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGurney Norman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of stories from celebrated Kentucky author Gurney Norman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful book\" ... \"A remarkable, eye-opening set of stories\" ... \"Brilliantly arranged\" ... \"An exhilarating mirroring of consciousness itself\" ... \"Grand and important, funny and heartbreaking\" ... \"An act of grace\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegiance\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and original set of stories by former Kentucky Poet Laureate Gurney Norman. Spanning forty years of work, \u003ci\u003eAllegiance\u003c\/i\u003e is an autobiography told through stories--a rich personal journey into Norman's life, place, and consciousness. In classic short stories, lyrical meditations, folktales, dreamscapes, and stream-of-consciousness writing, Norman imaginatively weaves together the threads of his life. Each story builds on what has come before, \"prisms enlarging the effect of the whole ...\" The stories are humorous and heartbreaking, told mainly in the voice of Norman's fictional narrator, Wilgus Collier. From his working-class childhood in the coalfields of Appalachia to the center of the 1960s counterculture and back again to Kentucky, Norman's journey has been a life of many movements. This is a jacketed hardcover edition of \u003ci\u003eAllegiance\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring a foreword by poet Leatha Kendrick, an author's note, and an original cover painting by Appalachian artist Pam Oldfield Meade. A selection of nonfiction pieces comprises the book's epilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Old Cove Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGurney Norman\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and short story writer whose works include \u003ci\u003eDivine Right's Trip, Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Creek: A Folktale\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAllegiance.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a professor of English at the University of Kentucky and a former Kentucky Poet Laureate. A native of eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia, he was the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University. Norman has received many honors for his work and is a widely known Appalachian literary and cultural advocate. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBack Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes, and An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765864235296,"sku":"9781956855029","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cf9a37f6fcea6173eafd36ccc2bf6512.webp?v=1780281978","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/allegiance-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}