More of This World or Maybe Another - (P.S.) by Barb Johnson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>What a pitch-perfect, utterly original, dazzlingly flexible narrative voice Barb Johnson has. Her collection of gritty, sad, funny stories from the Gulf Coast . . . is a truly exciting debut.--Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><em>More of This World or Maybe Another</em> is a collection of award-winning short fiction about four outsiders whose unruly lives intersect on the back streets of New Orleans from writer Barb Johnson. Funny and haunting by turns, Johnson's unforgettable characters are driven by something fragile and irresistible, a sputtering drive to love and be loved, in these "stunning stories . . . the kind that reveal, enlarge, and make living seem worth the trouble." (Dorothy Allison)<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>The lives of four unlikely friends intersect on the backstreets of New Orleans. Living amid poverty and violence, these fragile heroes of the American underclass redefine our notions of family, redemption, and love.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Johnson is pitch-perfect in her spare yet lyrical descriptions, especially those of male-female interactions, how going to war changes soldiers, and how love can be damaged or destroyed, as Delia describes her affair with Maggie as 'a tear in my soul that just won't heal.' An insightful literary gem."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"In this wickedly fine debut, Barb Johnson proves herself a master of the short story. Both the familiar and the extraordinary come to life on every page, and her characters will haunt you for a very long time."--Joseph Boyden, author of <i>Through Black Spruce</i>, winner of Canada's 2008 Giller Prize<br><br>"This debut is elemental, precise, and charged with ragged, intimate grace. As the collection's heroine Delia says to her lover, I would say to all readers: 'Come see.'"--David Schickler, author of <i>Kissing in Manhattan</i><br><br>"[A] gorgeous debut collection...heartbreakingly poignant...if a short story is a slice of life, then the sum of this collection shows the power of a moment, of how a whole life is ultimately comprised of its slices."--Powells.com<br><br>"Barb Johnson's beautiful and touching stories stirred up emotions in me that few books ever have...I hate to admit it, [but] I actually cried over a pig in one of the stories, and I used to work in a meatpacking plant!"--Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff<br><br>"In this book, the music is earned by muscular language, empathy and emotional courage. The writing alone is a rare, sweet joy. Like a drop of water from Delia's leaky faucet, each story in this brilliant collection breaks open in a fit of shine."--LambdaLiterary.org<br><br>"Precise and gorgeous language...A wonderful sense of humor..Pathos made over into something much more effective--a vision of all these people just doing the best they can. These are stunning stories...the kind that reveal, enlarge, and make living seem worth the trouble."--Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina<br><br>"What a pitch-perfect, utterly original, dazzlingly flexible narrative voice Barb Johnson has. Her collection of gritty, sad, funny stories from the Gulf Coast, More of This World or Maybe Another, is a truly exciting debut."--Robert Olen Butler, Pulitizer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain and Severance<br>
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