From "The Man Back There"


After all the noise and mad action—after the thrown drink, the knocked over chair as Sweets jumped to his feet and ducked his head, after Sharon's near-fall too as he almost pushed her out the door—they stood on the sidewalk without speaking.

Sweets took off his coat and wrapped it around her shoulders. It had grown cold—they could see their breath—and he wanted to comfort her, but he didn't want
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—David Crouse, from The Man Back There and Other Stories

Mark Jarman is interviewed by the Savannah Morning News.

Lia Purpura's Rough Likeness is reviewed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The 2012 Kathryn A. Morton and Mary McCarthy contests are now open for submission! Click here to submit your manuscript electronically.

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03-01-2012
Fort Red Border

Rope Walk Series University Center at University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard Evansville, IN 47712 5:00pm

Nicole Louise Reed
nreid@usi.edu
http://www.usi.edu/ropewalk/readingseries.asp

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