{"product_id":"the-ones-who-dont-say-they-love-you-stories-paperback","title":"The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaurice Carlos Ruffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE - A collection of raucous stories that offer a \"vibrant and true mosaic\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) of New Orleans, from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWe Cast a Shadow \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD - LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--\u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun, Electric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e - \"Every sentence is both something that makes you want to laugh in a gut-wrenching way and threatens to break your heart in a way that you did not anticipate.\"--Robert Jones, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003ehe Prophets\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maurice Carlos Ruffin has an uncanny ability to reveal the hidden corners of a place we thought we knew. These perspectival, character-driven stories center on the margins and are deeply rooted in New Orleanian culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Beg Borrow Steal,\" a boy relishes time spent helping his father find work after coming home from prison; in \"Ghetto University,\" a couple struggling financially turns to crime after hitting rock bottom; in \"Before I Let Go,\" a woman who's been in NOLA for generations fights to keep her home; in \"Fast Hands, Fast Feet,\" an army vet and a runaway teen find companionship while sleeping under a bridge; in \"Mercury Forges,\" a flash fiction piece among several in the collection, a group of men hurriedly make their way to an elderly gentleman's home, trying to reach him before the water from Hurricane Katrina does; and in the title story, a young man works the street corners of the French Quarter, trying to achieve a freedom not meant for him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories are intimate invitations to hear, witness, and imagine lives at once regional but largely universal, and undeniably New Orleanian, written by a lifelong resident of New Orleans and one of our finest new writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice Carlos Ruffin \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Cast a Shadow, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, the PEN\/Open Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and International Dublin Literary Award. A recipient of an Iowa Review Award in fiction, he has been published in the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, AGNI, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review, The Massachusetts Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of New Orleans, he is a graduate of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop and a member of the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.95 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766029058336,"sku":"9780593133415","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f5bb856888191d9e1731c7bc0c05069e.webp?v=1780284379","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ones-who-dont-say-they-love-you-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}