The River Underground - An Anthology of Nevada Fiction

Short stories and exciting excerpts from twenty-five Nevada writers offer a sampler of literary talent from the Silver State. Edited by Shaun T. Griffin.

About the author

Shaun Griffin is the co-founder and director of Community Chest, a non-profit agency serving children and families in northwestern Nevada since 1991, and the former founding director of the state's homeless education office. In 2004, he received the Mike O'Callaghan Humanitarian Award, named after the former Nevada Governor. In 1995 he received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. He regularly contributes poetry, essays, and translations to literary journals in the West. He and his family live in Virginia City, at the western-most edge of the Great Basin.

Summary

An anthology of contemporary fiction from Nevada. Settings range from rural Nevada to rural post-revolutionary China, from the glitz of Las Vegas to a Basque immigrant household in Carson City, from the hills of Appalachia to the Pacific during World War II.

Product details

• Authors: Shaun T. Griffin
• Assisted by: Shaun T. Griffin (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2001
• EAN: 9780874173642
• ISBN: 978-0-87417-364-2
• No. of pages: 408
• Weight: 333 g
• Series: Western Literature; Western Literature Series; Western Literature; Western Literature and Fiction
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature