This Is Where We Live - by Michael McFee (Paperback)

About the Book

"This Is Where We Live" showcases a rising generation of North Carolina authors whose work reflects the fast-changing realities of the state's landscape, culture and people. Their roots may be Southern, but their words will resonate with anyone anywhere who appreciates first-rate fiction.

Book Synopsis

As readers across America know by now, North Carolina has produced a remarkable number of talented fiction writers in recent years. This anthology collects twenty-five short stories, all published within the past decade and a half, by some of the best of those writers.

This Is Where We Live showcases a rising generation of North Carolina authors whose work reflects the fast-changing realities of the state's landscape, culture, and people. Their roots may be southern, but their words will resonate with anyone anywhere who appreciates first-rate fiction.

A broad and balanced collection, This Is Where We Live offers something for everyone. Though the stories range widely in setting, character, tone, and even form--from "short shorts" to novellas--they are united by the skill with which they are written. In short, the book offers powerful confirmation that North Carolina's literary culture continues to flourish.

The contributors are Ellyn Bache, Sarah Dessen, Tony Earley, Candace Flynt, Philip Gerard, Marianne Gingher, Tom Hawkins, John Holman, John Kessel, Peter Makuck, Melissa Malouf, Heather Ross Miller, Ruth Moose, Lawrence Naumoff, Jennifer Offill, Michael Parker, P. B. Parris, Dale Ray Phillips, Joe Ashby Porter, Ron Rash, June Spence, Peter Turchi, Daniel Wallace, Luke Whisnant, and Marly Youmans. Their work has appeared regularly in such publications as the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, and the Oxford American.

Review Quotes

Hats off to Michael McFee.

Jill McCorkle, author of "Final Vinyl Days and Other Stories"

An anthology that boldly explores a broad range of experiences and makes even the most exotic vividly familiar.

"Southern Cultures"

Celebrations of the rich literary talent that hails from North Carolina.

"Spectator"

McFee has a nice ear for language as well as an eye for story.

"Virginia Quarterly Review"

McFee's North Carolina anthology expresses . . . the distinct accents of a region.

Raleigh "News and Observer"

Settle down with this collection in some shady nook or on an empty beach--you'll find yourself in very good company. "This Is Where We Live is a cause for celebration. The New South has given us some wonderful new writing. (Lee Smith, author of "Black Mountain Breakdown

About the Author

Michael McFee teaches creative writing and North Carolina literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Author of five books of poetry, he is also editor of The Language They Speak Is Things to Eat: Poems by Fifteen Contemporary North Carolina Poets.