MARTHA RONK and VICTORIA PATTERSON

07/12/2009 5:00 pm

Drift: Stories by Patterson

Glass Grapes by Ronk

Two short story writers read from their recent collections.



Glass Grapes and Other Stories is the first full-length collection of short stories by distinguished poet and fiction writer Martha Ronk. Ronk's work has garnered critical accolades and numerous awards, including, most recently, a 2005 PEN USA Award in poetry, a 2007 NEA Fellowship, and a 2007 National Poetry Series Award. Glass Grapes is a collection of short, experimental stories, usually dominated by an object imbued with fetishistic qualities by an obsessive, self-involved narrator.

Through the lives of waiters and waitresses, divorced and single parents, and alienated teens, Victoria Patterson's Drift offers a rare and rewarding view into the real life of glittering Newport Beach, all the while plumbing the depths of female friendship and what it means to be an outsider. Fresh, energetic, deceptively powerful and delightfully frank, hers is a voice you won't be able to stop reading.

Drift: Stories (Paperback)

$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780547054940
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books, 6/2009

$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781934414132
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Published: BOA Editions, 9/2008

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