Over 500 stories from all the editions of the Pushcart Prize since 1976 were considered for this volume, and the final selection includes some of the major writers of our time, including Raymond Carver, John Irving, Cynthia Ozick, Susan Minor, Tim O'Brien, Richard Ford, Ha Jin and many more.
Over 500 stories from all the editions of the Pushcart Prize since 1976 were considered for this volume, and the final selection includes some of the ...
Bill Henderson had an epiphany one day after buying a plot of land high atop a hill in Maine overlooking the sea: why not build a tower "for no reason"? For this lapsed Presbyterian, it all made sense. With his spiritual life in neutral, his marriage struggling, his daughter growing up, a tower was no less appropriate than, say, hiring a shrink or buying a fast car. Ignoring the fact that he knew little about construction, and armed only with a hammer, a handsaw, a tri-square, a tape measure, and a rope, he set about erecting a modest tower upon his not-so-modest hill. "Tower" is Henderson's...
Bill Henderson had an epiphany one day after buying a plot of land high atop a hill in Maine overlooking the sea: why not build a tower "for no reason...
