"Selected Stories gathers together some of the best examples of Benedict Kiely's work - a true and gifted man of letters. Edited by Ben Forkner, founder of The Journal of the Short Story. From 'Soldier, Red Soldier' and 'A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly' to 'A Letter to Peachtree', these stories sing in the unforgettable voice of an Irish master who inspired, and will continue to inspire, generations of readers and writers alike. Thes ..."
The New Book of Dubliners(Updated) Short Stories of Modern Dublin by BenForkner Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1989 by Minerva ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-9045-7, ISBN: 0-7493-9045-X
"A collection of 26 twentieth-century Irish short stories, including works by Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, and W.B. Yeats. “The features of this volume which separate it from other anthologies are the quality and breadth of its selections and the fine introduction by the editor.”—The Journal of Irish Literature “An excellent selection. Each of the 26 writers represented in this collection has his own unmistakable tone . . . proof tha ..."
Audubon on Louisiana Selected Writings of John James Audubon by BenForkner 424 Pages, Published 2018 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-6999-5, ISBN: 0-8071-6999-4
"One of these friends, Patrick Couton, has been a force in my interest in Audubon
for many years, going back to Journaux et Récits, the French compendium of
Audubon's writings published by Atalante and the City of Nantes in 1992. A
superb ..."
A New Book of Dubliners(Reprint) Short Stories of Modern Dublin by BenForkner Paperback, Published 1992 by David R Godine Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-87923-917-6, ISBN: 0-87923-917-4
Cajun by BenForkner, Fonville Winans Hardcover, 1 Pages, Published 1992 by Peaceworks ISBN-13: 978-1-56145-061-9, ISBN: 1-56145-061-8
Stories of the Old south Southern Fiction from Some of Our Greatest Storytellers by BenForkner Hardcover, 544 Pages, Published 1989 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-83040-4, ISBN: 0-670-83040-2
"Focusing largely on the works of nineteenth-century authors including Twain, Poe, Kate Chopin, and George Washington Cable, this collection reveals the contribution of Southern writers to American literature"
Audubon on Louisiana Selected Writings of John James Audubon by BenForkner, Lsu Press Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2018 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-6958-2, ISBN: 0-8071-6958-7
"Although we remember John James Audubon’s years in Louisiana primarily for the art he produced there, his writings reflect the profound impact the region made on him and his artistic vision, especially in his magnificent collection of paintings published as The Birds of America. In Audubon on Louisiana, Ben Forkner compiles and explains in depth Audubon’s essential writings on the region. Beginning in 1810 as Audubon arrives in the uppe ..."
"NAPOLEON SYMPHONY by Anthony Burgess, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, First Edition, First Printing, X-LIBRARY, Very Good/Near Fine. This is an Ex-LIBRARY Book. It is a Collectible, Hardcover book and dust jacket. The book has the usual Library markings. There is an Officially Withdrawn card attached to the front free end page. Here is Napoleon's life - in four movements, with a charming ironical overture to Josephine and marriage, and a coda to ..."
One Man's Chorus(1st Edition) The Uncollected Writings by Anthony Burgess, BenForkner Paperback, 380 Pages, Published 2000 by Carroll & Graf Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-7867-0699-0, ISBN: 0-7867-0699-6
"In these previously uncollected essays written over the past two decades by Anthony Burgess, the masterful English novelist and elegant stylist, contemplates topics as various as oranges, Marilyn Monroe, Yiddish humor, dirty pictures, and the nature of God. His highlights include reflections upon literature and litterateurs, from such twentieth-century literary giants as James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf to the eccentric Sitw ..."
"Selected Journals and Other Writings (Penguin Nature Classics)xliii, 573 pp. "The fist one-volume selection of non-ornithological writings from one of America's premier naturalists and painters." "Gathered here are the fruits of his [Audubon's] literary talent: journals, letters, bird biographies, a memoir of his early years, and stories of the American frontier.... His enormous efforts resulted in the finest collection of American bird ..."
"Playland is a tough, mordantly funny, splendidly layered novel about Hollywood in the 1940s and America in the 1990s, about fame and its excesses, honor and personal betrayal, and a fifty-year search for what may or may not be the truth. At its center is Blue Tyler, a spoiled, untamed child star who disappeared from Hollywood in disgrace when she was twenty and reappeared forty-five years and eleven marriages later as a mysterious bag l ..."
"Ben Forkner, Patrick Samway. INTRODUCTION. Stories of the Old South covers
a century of Southern short fiction, from roughly the 1830s on up through the
early 1930s. The later dates, of course, point to the first full wave of the
remarkable creative tide of Southern writing that even today, almost three
generations later, gives little sign of faltering. The 1830s, however, mark perhaps
an even more important transition in the histo ..."
"Paperback. Pub Date: 1995 Publisher: Penguin Originally published in 1957. The Flower Drum Song was a groundeaking work of withpopular literature An immediate bestseller it inspired the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical This charming bittersweet tale of romance and the powerful bonds of family tells the story of Wang Ta. who wants what every young American man wants: a great career and a woman to love. Living in San Francisco's Ch ..."
Georgia Stories(1st Edition) Major Georgia Short Fiction of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by BenForkner Paperback, 324 Pages, Published 1992 by Peachtree Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-56145-067-1, ISBN: 1-56145-067-7
"When we think of the Old South and its literature, we think of romance--of moonlight and magnolias and courtly cavaliers dueling and battling for fair and fiery maidens fluttering from the balconies of their mansions. In his introduction, editor Ben Forkner explains that most nineteenth-century southern novels fostered this romantic image in the form of great sweeping sagas with larger-than-life heroes and heroines. However, countering ..."
A New Reader of the Old South(1st Edition) Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Essays, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs : 1820-1920 by BenForkner, Patrick Samway Paperback, 644 Pages, Published 1991 by Peachtree Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-56145-020-6, ISBN: 1-56145-020-0
"The literary Canon of the old South is redefined in this remarkable companion to the highly acclaimed A Modern Southern Reader. The literary canon of the old South is redefined in this remarkable companion to the highly acclaimed A Modern Southern Reader. Editors Ben Forkner and Patrick Samway, S. J. have selected from the most original and lasting works of nineteenth-century Southern writing (1820-1920) to reflect the full range of the ..."
""An illuminating, and at the same time, thoroughly entertaining compilation, Louisiana Stories is enhanced by an introductory essay that is a contribution not only to the literary history of the state but also of the South." Lewis P. Simpson, former professor of English at Louisiana State University and editor of The Southern Review. Southern writers have always excelled in the short story form. Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, and Pete ..."