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FROM: Susan Smith <[removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/10/05, 4:23 PM

I am posting this question for a coworker--

do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.

I can (and have) thought of several young adult titles such as An Island
Like You and 145th Street Stories, but was hoping for some adult titles--

Thanks
Susan Smith
Reference Librarian
Northeast Branch Library
Arlington Public Library System
1905 Brown Blvd
Arlington, TX 76006
(817) 277-5573

[removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us

FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 2/10/05, 5:11 PM

Robert Olin Butler's Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Rosina Lippi's Homestead (linked short stories or novel - you decide)

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Andrew Smith [removed]@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
7770 Croaker Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188 www.wrl.org/bookweb
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Susan Smith wrote:

>
>
> I am posting this question for a coworker--
>
> do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
> Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
> place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
> Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.
>
>
>
> I can (and have) thought of several young adult titles such as An Island
> Like You and 145th Street Stories, but was hoping for some adult titles--
>
> Thanks
> Susan Smith
> Reference Librarian
> Northeast Branch Library
> Arlington Public Library System
> 1905 Brown Blvd
> Arlington, TX 76006
> (817) 277-5573
>
> [removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@cityofsalem.net>
REC'D: 2/10/05, 5:16 PM

Not necessarily about another culture but Ursula LeGuin's SEAROAD: The
Chronicles of Klatsand is set in a small Oregon coastal town and gives
the reader a wonderful sense of life in a small seaside community.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> [removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us 02/10/05 01:54PM >>>

I am posting this question for a coworker--

do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.

I can (and have) thought of several young adult titles such as An
Island
Like You and 145th Street Stories, but was hoping for some adult
titles--

Thanks
Susan Smith
Reference Librarian
Northeast Branch Library
Arlington Public Library System
1905 Brown Blvd
Arlington, TX 76006
(817) 277-5573

[removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us

FROM: [removed]@optonline.net
REC'D: 2/10/05, 5:57 PM

Here is a list of possible titles that seem appropriate. I limited it to a contemporary fiction.

Bates, Judy Fong
China Dog: And Other Tales From a Chinese Laundry

Carver, Ann C., Ed.
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan

Siu, Helen F., Ed.
Furrows, Peasants, Intellectuals, and the State: Stories and Histories From Modern China

Karlin, Wayne, Khue, LeMonh, and Vu, Truong, Eds.
The Other Side of heaven: Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers

Brown, Stewart, Wickham, John, Eds.
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories

Benitez Rojo, Antonio
The Magic Dog: And Other Stories

Sogolow, Rosalie, Ed.
Memories From a Russian Kitchen: From Shtetl to Golden Land

Caesar, Ann and Michael, Eds.
The Quality of Light: Modern Italian Short Stories

Walsh, Caroline
Discoloration: Stories From a New Ireland

Solomon, Barbara
other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories From Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America

Leontis, Artemis, Ed.
Greece: A Traveller's Literary Companion

Aidoo, Ama Ata
No Sweetness Here and Other Stories

Ponce de Leon, Juana, Ed.
Dream With No Name: Contemporary Fiction From Cuba

Cisneros, Sandra
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

Gonzlez, Ray
The Ghost of John Wayne and Other Stories

Lisa Eickler
The Field Library

----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Smith <[removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us>
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:54 pm
Subject: other story collections similiar to Brownsville by Oscar Casares?

>
>
> I am posting this question for a coworker--
>
> do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
> Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
> place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
> Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.
>
>
>
> I can (and have) thought of several young adult titles such as An
> IslandLike You and 145th Street Stories, but was hoping for some
> adult titles--
>
> Thanks
> Susan Smith
> Reference Librarian
> Northeast Branch Library
> Arlington Public Library System
> 1905 Brown Blvd
> Arlington, TX 76006
> (817) 277-5573
>
> [removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: "Aaron Smith" <[removed]@oplin.org>
REC'D: 2/10/05, 7:09 PM

Susan, et al. -

Two writers jump immediately to mind: Stuart Dybek (particularly _The coast
of Chicago_, 1990; but other titles, as well) and Stewart O'Nan, whose
explorations of the grey area between novel and short story have yielded an
excellent sense of place. His _Everyday people_ (2001) offers a dead-on
depiction of urban Pittsburgh, for instance.

Aaron
Clermont County Public Library, Ohio
[removed]@oplin.org

Susan Smith writes:

> I am posting this question for a coworker--
> do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
> Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
> place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
> Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.
>

FROM: "Bessie Makris" <[removed]@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 2/10/05, 8:01 PM

WHEN IN FLORENCE by Richard Cortez Day is a similar cycle of stories in
which the city is central. The stories are also linked because a minor
character in one becomes the main character in a following story.

Bessie Makris
Allen County Public Library
P.O. Box 2270
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

"The view, opinions, and judgments expressed in this message
are solely those of the author. The message contents have not
been reviewed or approved by the Allen County Public Library."


>>> [removed]@oplin.org 02/10/05 08:01PM >>>
Susan, et al. -

Two writers jump immediately to mind: Stuart Dybek (particularly _The
coast
of Chicago_, 1990; but other titles, as well) and Stewart O'Nan, whose

explorations of the grey area between novel and short story have
yielded an
excellent sense of place. His _Everyday people_ (2001) offers a dead-on

depiction of urban Pittsburgh, for instance.

Aaron
Clermont County Public Library, Ohio
[removed]@oplin.org

Susan Smith writes:

> I am posting this question for a coworker--
> do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
> Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
> place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
> Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.
>

FROM: "Sarah Nagle" <[removed]@carverlib.org>
REC'D: 2/11/05, 9:00 AM

STORIES I STOLE, by Wendell Steavenson - set in Republic of Georgia - obvious sense of place!

Sarah Nagle
Reference Coordinator
Carver County Library
4 City Hall Plaza
Chaska, MN 55318
email [removed]@carverlib.org
Phone: 952-227-1513
Fax: 952-279-1510

FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 2/11/05, 12:13 PM

My apologies for sending the original response in HTML!

Maureen
________________________________


Susan, a quick search on Novelist yielded the following titles:

The collected stories of Elizabeth Bowen "her intense sense of place and
character"; Island of the mapmaker's wife and other tales" by Marilyn
Sides; Homeland and other stories by Barbara Kingsolver.

Maureen
******************
Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

"We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save
our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those
stories and secrets."
-Kathy Bates



________________________________

From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org on behalf of Susan Smith
Sent: Thu 10/02/2005 4:54 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: other story collections similiar to Brownsville by Oscar
Casares?

I am posting this question for a coworker--

do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.

I can (and have) thought of several young adult titles such as An Island
Like You and 145th Street Stories, but was hoping for some adult
titles--

Thanks
Susan Smith
Reference Librarian
Northeast Branch Library
Arlington Public Library System
1905 Brown Blvd
Arlington, TX 76006
(817) 277-5573

[removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us

FROM: "Susan Creed" <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/11/05, 12:46 PM

I'll offer some story collections set in India or in the Indian-American
immigrant community:

"Arranged Marriage" and "Unknown Errors of Our Lives" by Divakaruni
"Fasting, Feasting" by Desai
"Interpreter of Maladies" by Lahiri

Susan Creed
Reference Librarian
Spokane Public Library
Spokane, WA

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/11/05, 1:49 PM

Well, there's always Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio."

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/11/05, 2:01 PM

How about "The Execution of Mayor Yin & Other Stories from the Great
Cultural Revolution"?

And hasn't R. K. Narayan, of Malgudi fame, written a number of shorts? I
would think they'd qualify.

FROM: "Gina Sheade" <[removed]@vapld.info>
REC'D: 2/11/05, 3:14 PM

"Homestead" by Rosina Lippi is a collection of 12 linked stories set in a
small, isolated Austrian village from 1909 to 1977. The stories trace the
intertwined lives of the women of three families. I really enjoyed this
book.

Gina Sheade
Vernon Area Public Library
300 Olde Half Day Road
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Phone: 847-634-3650
Email: [removed]@vapld.info
Fax: 847-634-8667

FROM: "Keddy Outlaw" <[removed]@hcpl.net>
REC'D: 2/14/05, 7:34 PM

Try Public Landing Revisited by Robert Phillips - stories set in fictional
small town southern Delaware, circa 1950s and 60s.

Also, for a collection featuring Vietnamese characters adapting to life in
America - try A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, by Robert Olen Butler.
However, they are not all set in one geographical area.

Keddy Ann Outlaw
Branch Librarian
West University Library
6108 Auden St.
Houston, TX 77005

Harris County Public Library: Your Pathway to Knowledge

From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org on behalf of Susan Smith
Sent: Thu 10/02/2005 4:54 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: other story collections similiar to Brownsville by Oscar
Casares?

I am posting this question for a coworker--

do you know of any other short story collections that are similar to
Brownsville, i.e. those that have as their "theme" a sense of
place/community? Possibly something that deals other cultures, i.e.
Vietnamese, European, Chinese, Arabic, etc.

I can (and have) thought of several young adult titles such as An Island
Like You and 145th Street Stories, but was hoping for some adult
titles--

Thanks
Susan Smith
Reference Librarian
Northeast Branch Library
Arlington Public Library System
1905 Brown Blvd
Arlington, TX 76006
(817) 277-5573

[removed]@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us

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