Bodies on the Line - Short Fiction

Peter Stein

Summary

PETER STINE has taught at South Caroline State University, Wayne State University, University of Michigan, and Oakland Community College. He founded the literary journal Witness in 1987 and was editor-in-chief through 2007. Witness was awarded eight grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and four volumes were reissued as books by university presses. His fiction, poetry, literary essays and journalism have appeared in many publications, including The Iowa Review, Boulevard, The Threepenny Review, Contemporary Literature, The Cambridge Quarterly, the New York Times, Sport Literature, and Harold Bloom’s Modern Critical Views.

Available since: 11/01/2019.

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