Diane Williams

• Jan-1990
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• Feb-1992
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• Jun-1996
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Praising her ingenious subversions of the conventions of narrative. The New York Times has called Diane Williams "a master spy, a double agent in the house of fiction." In this book she broadens the riotously disruptive program of her earlier collect...

• Nov-1998
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• 1999
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The history of the Ante-bellum South comes to life in an African-American tale of jumping the broom as a way of sealing a marriage contract. Christian weddings among slaves were scarce because of the obligation it placed on slave owners to keep famil...

• Nov-2001
• / General Fiction
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Famous for her works of "flash fiction" which capture life, love, and contradiction in a single page, Diane Williams continues to forge her own innovative tradition in this new collection. Including over three dozen short stories along with three ...

• Dec-2007
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In the forty-one stories and novella collected here, Diane Williams probes the dangerous terrain of the family romance and the eternal bafflement of being alive. In stories that are as short as prose poems and as complex as novels, Williams cre...

• Sep-2009
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This work by Diane Williams delves into the strange relationships of men and women. From marital betrayal to spousal abuse and unrelenting desire, Williams illuminates the lives of her characters in prose as sparse and stark as it is beautiful. These...

• Aug-2010
• / General Fiction
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WARNING ! This book will change your life ! Diane's story is a tribute to the human spirit in the face of adversity. Her remarkable journey grips you from the first page to the last, as she faces the knowledge of a large brain tumour and the truths a...

• Oct-2011
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-2012
• / Literary
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In Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty, Diane Williams lays bare the urgency and weariness that shape our lives in stories honed sharper than ever. With sentences auguring revelation and explosion, Williams's unsettling stories -- a cryptic meeting between n...

• Aug-2012
• / General Fiction
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Angels in Action demonstrates how the author called on the power of her Creator to bring about positive changes in her life. This compilation of seventeen personal inspirational accounts tells of her experiences of physical, emotional, and spiritual ...

• Mar-2014
• / General Fiction
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From the hills to the coast, the people of Mississippi have stories to tell. Most would never guess that Raleigh, Mississippi, once played host to the National Tobacco Spitting Contest. Over in Okolona, children are told of the man who lived--and die...

• Feb-2016
• / General Fiction
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One of Elle's "Must-Read Titles for Your Book Club." Chosen by The Millions and Flavorwire as one of the most-anticipated books of 2016. The very short stories of Diane Williams have been aptly called "folk tales that hammer like a nail gun," and the...

• Oct-2018
• / General Fiction
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The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions -- distilled works of “unsettling brilliance” (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story. From ...

• Oct-2018
• / General Fiction
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THE COLLECTED STORIES OF DIANE WILLIAMS brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions -- distilled works of “unsettling brilliance” (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story. From ...

• Oct-2021
• / Magical Realism
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Diane Williams, an American master of the short story who will “rewire your brain” (NPR), is back with a collection in which she once again expands the possibilities of fiction.These stories depict ordinary moments -- a visit to the doctor’s o...

• Sep-2022
• / General Fiction
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Diane Williams, an American master of the short story who will “rewire your brain” (NPR), is back with a collection in which she once again expands the possibilities of fiction.These stories depict ordinary moments—a visit to the do...

• Aug-2023
• / General Fiction
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Diane Williams, “godmother of flash fiction” (The Paris Review), returns with 33 short, brilliant stories.In Williams’ stories, life is newly alive and dangerous; whether she is writing about an affair, a request for money, an afternoon in a ga...