Overview

Imagine a moonlit railroad track, a rural road and barn covered with just a dusting of snow, a hound dog asleep by the woodstove, and a Red Ryder BB gun hidden behind the tinseled tree-all the makings of an unforgettable Indiana Christmas. In An Indiana Christmas, editor Bryan Furuness brings together timeless short stories, poems, plays, and letters to help you get into the holiday spirit. Lose yourself in classics like ""In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash"" by Jean Shepherd, which inspired the beloved movie A Christmas Story, and ""A Feel in the Christmas Air"" by James Whitcomb Riley, along with more recent literary works like ""The Myth of the Perfect Christmas Photo Family"" by Kelsey Timmerman and ""While Mortals Sleep"" by famed Indiana writer Kurt Vonnegut. To achieve the perfect combination of Christmas nostalgia and cheer, Furuness has curated Hoosier stories that allow you to experience an idyllic holiday gathering in ""Indiana Winter"" by Susan Neville, feel the excitement of a child on Christmas Eve with ""Earthbound"" by Barbara Shoup, and face the loneliness of a drifter on Christmas night in ""Howard Garfield, Balladeer"" by Edward Porter. The collection even offers the chance to read a Christmas war dispatch from the late, great Hoosier journalist Ernie Pyle. Heartfelt and unique, An Indiana Christmas paints a picture of what Hoosiers truly hold dear. Family, love, giving, hope, and faith shine through these poignant stories, which are sure to put you in good spirits for the holidays.

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Author:   Bryan Furuness
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780253050281

ISBN 10:   0253050286
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   06 October 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Earthbound / Barbara Shoup Winter Scene, Past Midnight / Matthew Brennan The Fable of the Cut-up Who Came Very Near Losing His Ticket, But Who Turned Defeat into Victory / George Ade Making Pierogi on Christmas Eve / Karen Kovacik Keeping Christmas Our Way / Gene Stratton-Porter Digging and Grousing / Ernie Pyle The farm wife finds grace in her empty barn / Shari Wagner The farm wife makes her Christmas list / Shari Wagner Indiana Winter / Susan Neveille Home for the Holidays / Liz Whiteacre A Reversible Santa Claus / Meredith Nicholson Two Pieces / Ambrose Bierce Shepherds, Why This Jubilee? / Bryan Furuness Pictures from a Clapboard House / Jessamyn West Too Cold / Jayne Marek Winter Runes / Jayne Marek Trifles / Lori Rader-Day December Barns of Darkness / George Kalamaras In Sunset and Moonlight, What Gathered Our Thoughts Was the Adhesive Dark / George Kalamaras Nanny Anne and the Christmas Story / Karen Joy Fowler Blessed rancor of music / Curtis L. Crisler Wealth / Scott Russell Sanders The Christmas Long Ago / James Whitcomb Riley A Feel in the Christmas Air / James Whitcomb Riley A Song for Christmas / James Whitcomb Riley Baby Alive / Melissa Fraterrigo Santa Claus, Indiana/ Bryan Furuness Howard Garfield, Balladeer / Edward Porter The Five Little Sykeses, from Mr. Bingle / George Barr McCutcheon The Schneebrunzer / Norbert Krapf The Myth of the Perfect Christmas Photo Family / Kelsey Timmerman Treasure! / Eliza Tudor from ""December"" in Abe Martin's Almanack / Frank McKinney Hubbard Beasley's Christmas Party / Booth Tarkington from In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash / Jean Parker Shepherd Jr. While Mortals Sleep / Kurt Vonnegut"

Reviews

Indiana's deep literary heritage is celebrated in a new anthology with a seasonal theme. . . . In all this collection covers a variety of emotions and literary styles. All are crisply written, and most are just a few pages, which makes this book admirable Advent reading, covering just one or two entries a day during the holiday season. -- Rich Gotshall * Daily Journal, Franklin, IN *

Indiana's deep literary heritage is celebrated in a new anthology with a seasonal theme. . . . In all this collection covers a variety of emotions and literary styles. All are crisply written, and most are just a few pages, which makes this book admirable Advent reading, covering just one or two entries a day during the holiday season. -- Rich Gotshall * Daily Journal, Franklin, IN * Bryan Furuness delivers three dozen views of An Indiana Christmas in this new compendium of stories, poems, essays, bits of thought, personal scenes enlarged and condensed, poignant moments crystalized and timelessness upended, all spinning from that whirl on a plastic chair Barbara Shoup relates in the opening offering. . . . An Indiana Christmas invites us inside ourselves: our motivations, our challenges, our ability to connect with the call to care about this planet—our home universally in need of repair. -- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *

Author Information

Bryan Furuness is author of The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson and Do Not Go On. In addition to this anthology, he is editor of My Name was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Remixed and (with Michael Martone) Winesburg, Indiana. He grew up in the Region (Schererville), went to college in Bloomington, and currently lives in Indianapolis, where he teaches at Butler University.

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