The Woman in the Woods: Linked Stories
The Woman in the Woods Linked Stories Woman in the Woods is the winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Woman in the Woods is the winner of the 2005 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction.
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Ann Joslin Williams
Ann Joslin Williams is the author of The Woman in the Woods, a collection of linked stories Eastern Washington University Press, 2007 , which won the 2005 Spokane Prize She earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University She is also the recipient of a 2008 National Endowment for the Arts grant Her work has appeared Storyquarterly, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, Ploughshares, and elsewhere Her first novel, Down From Cascom Mountain, will be published by Bloomsbury, USA, in spring, 2011 She is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire.
You know when you get completely absorbed into a book and perhaps a kind of life that you have no experience with becomes entirely familiar? Well, as a Florida girl who hasn't even been further up than Boston, I felt both at home and emotionally attached to this world of New Hampshire snow, hardcore camping, living in cabins, and making a life out in the woods. I could see every scene with perfect clarity and was left with that delightful mix of longing, peace, and curiosity about how these char [...]
I love the idea of linked stories, and I think Williams succeeds in keeping everything tied together imagistically as well as on character and thematic levels. And she knows how to turn a phrase.
Beautiful and moving!
I enjoyed this book so much, I wanted to talk with the author. Read an Interview With Writer Ann Joslin Williams:wordswithwriters/2010/03/2
Lovely. Haunting. Human. This collection is a beautiful work of art.
Beautifully done. Will be purchasing her novel, DOWN FROM CASCOM MOUNTAIN, later today and will add her name to my must-buy list.
Loved this. Second half felt like it picked up more momentum, but I was absorbed the entire time. Must read for people who have lived in or love New England.