In the ten-plus years since Susan Burnmister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies founded "Glimmer Train, they have unveiled an astonishing array of talented and innovative authors to a growing readership hungry for quality, inspiring fiction. The stunning stories in this anthology--many of which have never appeared anywhere except in "Glimmer Train--explore one of the most complex emotional and psychological ties of all: motherhood, and its many facets. The writers in "Mother Knows include established authors as well as up-and-coming talents like Junot Diaz and award-winning young players like Robin Bradford, Nancy Reisman, Lee Martin, and Doug Crandell. Their stories demonstrate that motherhood is more than toilet training and tantrum control, as they portray the full, fierce, joyous, and frightening range of experience that marks this state of being. "Mother Knows is a thoughtful and thought-provoking gift for Mother's Day and a powerful exploration of the most mysterious bond in life.
Contents
Foreword
Karen Outen What's Left Behind
Dianne King Akers Small Speaking Parts
Monica Wood Frost: A Love Story
H. G. Carrillo Leche
Susanna Bullock 4149A
Diane Chang Mother Knows
Richard Bausch Weather
Michael Frank In the Bed of Forgetting
Ayse Papatya Bucak Hitch
George Makana Clark Backmilk
Ronald F. Currie Jr. Visiting Your Grave
Jennifer Seoyuen Oh January
Junot Díaz Invierno
Nancy Reisman The Good Life
Karenmary Penn Rift
J. Patrice Whetsell The Coconut Lady
Nathan Long Tracking
Margo Rabb How to Find Love
Joyce Carol Oates The Missing Person
Doug Crandell Colored Glass
Lee Martin Love Field
Ioanna Carlsen Going Home
Robin Bradford Bob Marley Is Dead
Ann Beattie Solitude
The Writers
Edited by Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies of Glimmer Train Stories