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THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY:
26 STORIES BY CONTEMPORARY WRITERS AND HOW THEY WORK
edited by Peter Turchi & Andrea Barrett
with an introduction by Richard Russo
WW Norton & Co., 2004
This remarkable book offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of contemporary fiction and how it is made. Taking the reader backstage through original essays written especially for this volume, the writers reveal how their stories came into being: what inspired them, how they evolved, how "real life" and fiction intersect, and how the stories, in their final form, both fulfill and transcend their authors' original designs.
The writers showcased, all Warren Wilson faculty, include: Wilton Barnhardt, Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, Robert Boswell, Karen Brennan, Stephen Dobyns, Robert Cohen, Tracy Daugherty, Judith Grossman, Ehud Havazelet, David Haynes, C.J. Hribal, Margot Livesey, Michael Martone, Christopher McIlroy, Kevin McIlvoy, Pablo Medina, Anyonya Nelson, Susan Neville, Steven Schwartz, Jim Shepard, David Shields, Joan Silber, Debra Spark, Peter Turchi, and Chuck Wachtel.