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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jon Volkmer (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ursinus College)Publisher: Milford House Press Imprint: Milford House Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.331kg ISBN: 9798888190968Pages: 272 Publication Date: 29 August 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""Summoning a large and vivid cast of characters, Jon Volkmer takes us back to the Midwest of the postwar years and to events that rattle a small town, forcing it to confront its demons. Brave in Season captures a historical moment that soon will lie beyond living memory, evoking a mythic small-town romance of baseball and then drawing from it a gripping parable of racial oppression. Is it possible for a writer to be heartfelt, funny and warm while also providing a stark portrayal of American racism? That's the magic trick Jon Volkmer has pulled off with Brave in Season. Imagine Field of Dreams meets To Kill a Mockingbird, and you'll have some sense of what lies in store for you in this deeply rewarding novel.""-Rand Richards Cooper, author of The Last to Go ""A richly textured and engaging narrative that tells a multilayered story. This book needed to be written, and deserves to be read.""-JB Manheim, Author of The Deadball Files series" Author InformationJon Volkmer's books include Roberto Clemente: The Story of a Hero (young adult biography); The Art of Country Grain Elevators, a collection of poems about grain elevators, and the travel memoir Eating Europe: A Meta-Nonfiction Love Story. His fiction, poems and essays have appeared widely magazines, newspapers and literary journals, including Commonweal, Parnassus, The Cimarron Review, The Southern Indiana Review, The Prairie Schooner, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Jon earned a BA from the University of Colorado, and an MA in creative writing from Denver University, where he worked with National Book Award Winner John Williams, author of Stoner. He returned to his home state to earn his PhD in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jon founded the creative writing program at Ursinus College, and has served as its director for more than thirty years. His students have gone on to MFAs at many writing programs, including Cornell, UVA, and Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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