Writers House: 47 books

Forty-seven stories—from flash fiction to full-length works, deeply felt, autobiographical fiction—unfold across he decades from the 1960s to present day and reveal a family's hopes and fears, truths and lies, and love. "With vivid, compact prose, the author Caroline Bock transports the reader...

Don't Wait to Be Called is a collection of short stories that span the distance from Eritrea and Ethiopia, whose refugee populations author Jacob Weber worked with in 2013 and 2014, all the way to Rustbelt towns of Ohio, where Weber grew up in the shadow of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. These stories...

What happens when you discover your father didn't die in Vietnam, like your mother said he did, and he's white, not black like you? What happens when the future your family has set for you doesn't fit into your dreams? The Color of My Soul takes you on a journey through race and culture, family loyalty and self discovery.

When American pioneers set their hearts on a California valley where Indians had been living for thousands of years, a period of uneasy appraisal emerged, followed by conflict and soon enough by genocide. The epic greed and violence of the 1850's and 60's has been brushed aside by history, conveniently...

For the very real people in David Ebenbach's vivid and emotional stories," says author Jesse Lee Kercheval, "becoming a parent-as Judith, the single mother in four of the stories, says-is going 'into the wilderness.'" The collection Into the Wilderness explores the theme of parenthood from many angles:...