Curious attractions essays on fiction writing - Spark, Debra (University of Michigan Press, 2005)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175)
The trigger : what gives rise to a story? -- Getting in and getting out : first words on first (and last) words -- Speaking of style -- Cry, cry, cry : handling emotion in fiction -- Curious attractions : magical realism's fate in the states -- Aspects of the short novel -- Border guard : fabulism in Stuart Dybek's "Hot ice" -- Stand back -- Cheer up, why don't you?