{"product_id":"the-ron-rash-reader","title":"The Ron Rash Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last three decades  Ron Rash has emerged as one of the quintessential American writers of his generation. He has steadily gained critical and commercial recognition from his native Carolinas to an increasingly international audience. With four volumes of poetry  four short story collections  and five novels as evidence of his multifaceted talent  Rash has amassed an impressive list of accolades  including the O. Henry Prize  the Frank OConnor International Short Story Award  the Sherwood Anderson Prize  the James Still Award of the Fellowship of Southern Writers  the Weatherford Award for best novel  and the Fiction Book of the Year Award from the Southern Book Critics Circle.  The Ron Rash Reader is a collection of essential works that covers the full range of Rashs career to date  from his first published collection of stories  The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth and Other Stories from Cliffside  North Carolina (1994)  to Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories (2012) and includes previously unpublished material as well. Edited by Randall Wilhelm  this collection of more than sixty of Rashs writings demonstrates his remarkable breadth and vitality across genresfrom short stories and verse to novel excerpts and nonfictioncomprising a best-of volume for new readers and established aficionados alike.  Arranged chronologically and by genre  the collection highlights the evolution of Rashs craftsmanship and of his major themes within each genre  revealing the rich tapestry of expanding interests transcending genres. Wilhelms introduction offers a biographical and critical guide to Rashs work as well as insightful discussion of the writers most crucial themes and techniques  including his use of traditional and nontraditional poetic and literary forms; of different narrative strategies  story forms  and character voices; and of landscape and historic settings. Readers can see for themselves in one volume how Rash continuously returns to his deepest concerns for greater and greater effect  concerns that begin with his early poetry and stories and persist into his most recent works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960916865077,"sku":"ByrdShop_1611174147","price":60.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781611174144.jpg?v=1770393548","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ron-rash-reader","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}