Books written by Laura Furman
-
PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2009
She had neighbors, some not quite fully articulated ambitions, and a peephole mirror in her door. Inspiring me were the writings of Mary McCarthy, Jean Stafford, and Dorothy Parker. I have always been intrigued by the way these writers ...
-
Drinking with the Cook
As Gordon counted the money into my hand like a careful clerk in an expensive store , I felt for the first time a little hope . It wasn't just money , anymore than the list underneath my pillow was ink on paper .
-
The O. Henry Prize Stories 100th Anniversary Edition (2019)
The uniformly breathtaking stories are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
-
The Shadow Line
When reporter Liz Gold fled to Houston to escape her family and her wrecked marriage, she investigates the twenty-year-old murder of the mistress of a prominent businessman and uncovers the...
-
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018
The winning stories come from a mix of established writers and emerging voices, and are uniformly breathtaking.
-
Ordinary Paradise
Ordinary Paradise offers the moving story of a young girl's reaction to the early loss of her mother with its persisting consequences, as they affect choices the author has made...
-
The Mother Who Stayed: Stories
The Mother Who Stayed is an homage to the timeless, primal bond between mother and child and a testament that the relationships we can’t define can be just as poignant, memorable, and inspiring as those determined by blood.
-
The O. Henry Prize Stories 100th Anniversary Edition (2019)
The uniformly breathtaking stories are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
-
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017
... Endowment for the Arts. His essay “A Eulogy for Nigger” was awarded the 2015 Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize. ... Each story—it is, in a way, a tiny collection of interconnected stories—is about a different detainee: the man whom ...
-
The Shadow Line
The Shadow Line
-
Tuxedo Park
After a curious courtship, an innocent orphan marries Willard, a man with money, taste, and experience. When he abandons her and their two daughters, Sadie raises her girls and waits...
-
O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines. From the Trade Paperback edition.
-
The PEN O. Henry Prize Stories 2012: Including stories by John Berger, Wendell Berry, Anthony Doerr, Lauren Groff, Yi
... novels are not considered. Editors are asked not to nominate individual stories, and stories may not be submitted by agents or writers. Beginning with The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2013, editors may submit online fiction for ...
-
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014
... fiction has appearedin The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories 2013,Narrative,Guernica, Best of the West 2010, and elsewhere. She won a 2013 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and has received fellowships and grants from Yaddo ...
-
O. Henry Prize Stories 2006
O. Henry Prize Stories 2006