Description:xix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Speak! Speak! / Julia Alvarez -- Oh, Canada / Russell Banks -- The party / Bliss Broyard -- Compline / Stephen L. Carter -- New blank document / Lee Child -- Veterans Day / Mary Higgins Clark -- Atonement / Michael Cunningham -- Intersections / Mark Di Ionno -- The third twin / Anna Dunn -- Balancing acts / Louise Erdrich -- The Miss April houses / Angela Flournoy -- Fires / Elizabeth Frank --- Hate for sale / Neil Gaiman -- Unaccountable / Philip Gourevitch -- White baby / James Hannaham -- In the trees / Alice Hoffman -- Getting somewhere / Susan Isaacs -- Mr. Crime and Punishment and War and Peace / Gish Jen -- Finally I am American at heart / Ha Jin -- Arlington Street / Lily King -- The harlot and the murderer: Sonia's story / Sheila Kohler -- People are people / Elinor Lipman -- The trout fisherman / Joyce Maynard -- Listen / Susan Minot -- Between storms / Walter Mosley -- Good news! / Joyce Carol Oates -- Safety first / Sara Paretsky -- Bystanders (April 2003) / Tom Piazza -- Lucky girl / Heidi Pitlor -- If they come in the morning / S.J. Rozan -- Top step / Richard Russo -- Hope / Jonathan Santlofer -- The walk / Elizabeth Strout -- Stop & shop / Paul Theroux -- The way we read now / Justin Torres -- Don't despair / Alice Walker -- Learning American values / Edmund White.
ProductionNew York : Touchstone, 2018.
