Bøger af Susan Burmeister-Brown

For more than a decade, the literary quarterly "Glimmer Train" has sought out and championed the most compelling short fiction written today, by both established luminaries and fresh new voices. This stunning new anthology probes the whole range of human relationships -- lovers, friends, family members, spouses, even one's beliefs and dreams. In "Beneath the Earth of Her," acclaimed writer Karen E. Outen delicately probes the life of a loving, passionate married couple at odds over the prospect of having children. In "Gary Garrison's Wedding Vows," novelist Ron Carlson offers a poignant and delightful tale about a young woman who escapes the rigors of academia and finds love and purpose at a bird sanctuary in Utah. And in "The Marvelous Yellow Cage," O. Henry Award-winner Charlotte Forbes examines an elderly woman's relationships with her estranged children, her deceased husband, her loyal housekeeper, and a lifetime's accumulation of possessions. Stories by Quinn Dalton, Louise Erdrich, and a host of other writers dig deeply into the joys and sorrows of human connection -- enlarging our perspective and refining the language of the heart. "Where Love Is Found" is a valentine for literary lovers and a delicious treat for those who crave short fiction by some of today's finest writers.

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.