The Taste of Penny
by Parker, JeffFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-01
Publisher(s): Dzanc Books
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Summary
Tight, wry, dark, and deeply funny, The Taste of Penny agitates the senses in stories modern and mischievous. This collection captures love, relationships, and finding one's way in the twenty-first century.Jeff Parker 's work has been included in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 , The 2005 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories , and other anthologies.
Author Biography
Jeff Parker is the author of the novel Ovenman (Tin House). His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in American Short Fiction, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Tin House, The Walrus, and others. He teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto.
Table of Contents
| False Cognate | p. 11 |
| Our Cause | p. 26 |
| The Taste of Penny | p. 48 |
| An Evening of Jenga“ | p. 69 |
| The Boy and the Colgante | p. 79 |
| The Briefcase of the Pregnant Spylady | p. 88 |
| Owned | p. 102 |
| James Stories | |
| James's Fear of Birds | p. 107 |
| The Back of the Line | p. 112 |
| James's Low Moment | p. 120 |
| James's Love of Laundromats | p. 132 |
| Bingo | p. 146 |
| Two Hours and Fifty-Three Minutes | p. 160 |
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