Melanie Rae Thon
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Melanie Rae Thon is the author of two previous novels, "Iona Moon" & "Meteors in August," as well as two story collections, "Girls in the Grass" & "First, Body." She won a Whiting Award in 1997. Originally from Montana, Thon teaches at Ohio State University. She resides in Columbus, Ohio. mehr anzeigen (Publisher Provided) Melanie Rae Thon is the author of two novels, "Iona Moon" and "Meteors in August", as well as two story collections, "Girls in the Grass" and "First, Body". Her short stories have appeared in "The Best American Short Stories" and in the finest small magazines, including "Paris Review", "Story", and "Granta". She won a Whiting Award in 1997. Thon, originally from Montana, now lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah. (Publisher Provided) Melanie Rae Thon is an award-winning American author and professor. Her recent works include: Silence and Song, The 7th Man, Voices of the River, and In This Light: New and Selected Stories. She is also the author of the novels, Sweet Hearts, Meteors in August, and Iona Moon, and the story collections First, Body and Girls in the Grass. Thon's work has been included in Best American Short Stories (1995, 1996), three Pushcart Anthologies (2003, 2006, 2008), and O. Henry Prize Stories (2006). Among the honor's she has received, are: a Whiting Writer's Award (1997), two NEA fellowships (1992 and 2008) A Writer's Residency from the Lannan Foundation (2005) and a fellowship from the Tanner Humanities Center (2009). (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 511 Exemplare
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts (2012) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
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Hinter den Fassaden einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt in Montana lauern Lust und Verzweiflung, Bigotterie und Rebellion, Rassismus und Gewalt. hier sammelt die junge Lizzie erste Lebenserfahrungen. Ihre geliebte Schwester Nina verschwindet spurlos, ihre herrische Freundin Gwen Holler initiiert erotische Spielereien, eines Tages wird Lizzie vergewaltigt, sie erlebt, wie die Ehe ihrer Eltern zerbricht, und probiert eine neue religiöse Existenz als 'Erwählte' - die allerdings nur von kurzer Dauer ist, weil ihre exzentrische Sektenführerin aus der Stadt vertrieben wird. Am Ende ihrer Kindheit ist Lizzie frei, sich zwischen Haß und Liebe zu entscheiden.… (mehr)