{"product_id":"short-an-international-anthology-of-five-centuries-of-short-short-stories-prose-poems-brief-essays-and-other-short-prose-forms-paperback","title":"Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Ziegler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort prose forms are elusive to define--one writer's prose poem is another's flash fiction or brief essay. Rather than quibble, \u003cem\u003eShort\u003c\/em\u003e opts for inclusiveness. Here is a dazzling array: 100s of pieces (under 1250 words) from 24 Western countries, written over five centuries by more than 200 contributors, including major authors of every era. Fables, histories, aphorisms, anecdotes, faux dictionary entries, a faux job application, hint fiction, lists, tableaus, meditations, chants, rants, and much more. Intensely pleasurable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors include: Montaigne, von Kleist, Leopardi, Poe, Baudelaire, Bierce, Chopin, Stein, Jacob, Woolf, Kafka, J. Roth, Toomer, Borges, Queneau, Kunitz, Beckett, Milosz, Cortazar, Paz, Barthes, Calvino, O'Hara, Merwin, Lispector, Transtromer, Sanchez, Edson, Simic, Atwood, Valenzuela, Wideman, L. Davis, Komunyakaa, A. Carson, Forche, Harjo, Hempel, Wenderoth, Keret, B. Marcus, A. Bender, Eggers, B. Lerner, T. Brimhall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.38 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772976628000,"sku":"9780892554324","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/028171f6d524c73d3e3bf34d58c96391.webp?v=1780417679","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/short-an-international-anthology-of-five-centuries-of-short-short-stories-prose-poems-brief-essays-and-other-short-prose-forms-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}