A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South’s Best Writers edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Authors / Editors: Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker
• Title: A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers 
• Publisher: ‎ Algonquin Books; First Edition (November 5, 2003)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 214 pages‏
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1565123832
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1565123830
• Item Weight: ‎ 1 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.9 x 1.1 x 7.2 inches
• Book Condition: Like New – Excellent (may show minor markings inside front cover)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

A host of luminaries gathers all the elements of the Christmas season—past and present, joy and sadness, disappointment and surprise, confession and concealment, humor and pathos—in a stellar holiday collection.

Here are ten standout stories that run the gamut of the emotional scale and are as classic and lasting as the holiday itself: bestselling author Donna Tartt's story of a children's Christmas pageant that goes awry; prizewinning author Richard Ford's story of a patchwork kind of family; poet laureate and acclaimed novelist Fred Chappell's barnyard of talking animals on Christmas Eve; Tim Gautreaux's comic tale of kindness to a homeless man on the holiday; Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler's story of an unlikely romance across cultures; and more. With Barry Hannah's moving preface and celebrated artist Wyatt Waters's paintings, A Very Southern Christmas offers up the best gift of all, a collection full of heart and humor.

About the Authors / Editors:

Charline R. McCord is the author of numerous stories and has had the privilege of interviewing authors like Ellen Douglas and Carolyn Haines. In addition, she is the vice- president of publishing at DREAM, Inc. Her most recent publication is A Very Southern Christmas, which she again edits with Judy H. Tucker and published by Algonquin Books in November 2003. Barry Hannah has written the preface to the book and Wyatt Waters is the illustrator.

McCord’s book, Growing Up in Mississippi, was released in May 2008 and was published by University Press of Mississippi. The book contains stories by more than twenty-five prominent Mississippians. Since then two other books, Christmas Memories from Mississippi (2010), and, Coming Home to Mississippi (2013), (both with Judy Tucker) have been released.

Judy Tucker has written four novels ( none of which have yet been published), two book- length non-fiction pieces, three plays, many poems and short stories and about a dozen essays. Her short story “Clara’s Star” has been published in Christmas Stories from Mississippi (University Press of Mississippi, 2001). She co-edited this book and A Very Southern Christmas (Algonquin, 2003) with Charline McCord. Volume Two of A Very Southern Christmas is slated for publication by Algonquin in 2004. She edited Painting Home, and Another Coat of Paint., both books of paintings by Wyatt Waters. She has published half a dozen essays, probably half a hundred book reviews, and a some poems. The three plays have been performed for the public. Of all Tucker’s works, she is most proud of “Clara’s Star” and the play “The Brooch.”

Currently, Tucker is working on a non-fiction book, but she does not want to disclose any information about that just yet. She and Charline McCord have edited the second edition of A Very Southern Christmas. When she is not writing or editing, she spends her free time gardening, watching CNN, and working on crossword puzzles and enjoy time spent with her grandchild. Judy Tucker also enjoys reading and keeping up with her dozens of cousins, nieces and nephews.