"A diverse anthology of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic essays by contemporary Appalachian writers. The editors have assembled a collection spanning ten years and the mountain range from Mississippi to New York, placing fresh new voices alongside widely known and celebrated authors. From Native American myth, African American urban legend, folk culture, and European ghost stories, this is an anthology of disenfranchised, yet robust peoples...

Western fiction short stories.

"Remarkable for their immediacy of attention to the spoken rhythm and motion of life, SPUNK is a magnificent legacy from a writer whose work has sparked one of the major literary revivals of our time. These stories, many of which are collected here for the first time, focus on the rural Black community of Eatonville, Florida, and on Harlem during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston's characters run the gamut from vengeful lovers to conmen...

"Alfonso Ruiz, un irrelevante ampleadito fabril, sin suerte ni ambiciones, sumido en la mediocridad existncial, recibe un día cierto encargo de un extravagente millonario: buscar a Dios. Desde entonces nada será igual para el protagonista, que encuentra una extraña y enigmática ayuda en el pintoresco demoníaco detective privado Máximo Habbad. Novela de humor y reflexión, con tintes satíricos que desnudan de cuerpo entero a la sociedad de finales...