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  • THE BEACH UMBRELLA. by Colter, Cyrus.
    Colter, Cyrus.
    THE BEACH UMBRELLA.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Chicago: Swallow Press, (1970). Black author's first book, winner of the first Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction in 1970. Stories set mostly on Chicago's South Side, depicting ordinary people whose lives are transfigured by some small chance or choice. Preface by Vance Bourjaily, which comments on the fact that Colter did not attend the Iowa School, so it was a surprise when he won the award. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-8040-05559.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some sunning to the spine, but a clean and straight copy, no creasing).

    Book ID: 81925
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  • THE IOWA AWARD: The Best Stories from Twenty Years. by Conroy, Frank, editor.
    Conroy, Frank, editor.
    THE IOWA AWARD: The Best Stories from Twenty Years.

    Edition: First printing.

    Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects one story from each year between 1970 and 1990 by authors including Marly Swick, Starkey Flythe Jr., Miles Wilson, Michael Pritchett, Sharon Dilworth, Abby Frucht, Lucia Nevai, Russell Working, Dan O'Brien, Robert Boswell, Susan M. Dodd, Ivy Goodman, Philip F. O'Connor, Jack Cady, Pat Carr, C. E. Poverman, Cyrus Colter and others. Selected and with an introduction by Frank Conroy. viii, 329 pp plus list of award winners. ISBN: 0-87745-3136.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68540
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  • THE IOWA AWARD: The Best Stories from Twenty Years. by Conroy, Frank, editor; C. E. Poverman, signed.
    Conroy, Frank, editor; C. E. Poverman, signed.
    THE IOWA AWARD: The Best Stories from Twenty Years.

    Edition: First printing.

    Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects one story from each year between 1970 and 1990 by authors including Marly Swick, Starkey Flythe jr., Miles Wilson, Michael Pritchett, Sharon Dilworth, Abby Frucht, Lucia Nevai, Russell Working, Dan O'Brien, Robert Boswell, Susan M. Dodd, Ivy Goodman, Philip F. O'Connor, Jack Cady, Pat Carr and others. SIGNED by C. E. Poverman at his story "A Short Apocryphal Tale of the Sea. . " Selected and with an introduction by Frank Conroy. viii, 329 pp plus list of award winners. ISBN: 0-87745-3136.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60057
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