{"product_id":"kinfolks-the-wilgus-stories-9780917788109","title":"Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories","description":"Fiction. \"Like Sherwood Anderson's 'Winesburg, Ohio' or Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, both of which it resembles in form and style, 'Kinfolks' is a short-story cycle dramatizing the growth of a young boy to early manhood, particularly as his development is reflected in changing relationships within a large Appalachian family. Like that of his mentors, Norman's work is novelistic in scope while preserving in the individual episodes the essential qualities of the short story. This new work can only enhance his reputation by suggesting that Norman may be the outstanding Appalachian storyteller of his generation\"-The Courier-Journal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGurney Norman\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and short-story writer whose works include \u003ci\u003eDivine Right's Trip, Ancient Creek: A Folktale, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAllegiance: Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e He is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Kentucky and a former Kentucky poet laureate. A native of eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia, he was the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University. Norman has received many honors for his work and is a widely known Appalachian literary and cultural advocate. He is a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBack Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gnomon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181867008274,"sku":"9780917788109","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d9a9cc3-ee86-46e3-95f0-d28edeaedc0e.jpg?v=1744406692","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kinfolks-the-wilgus-stories-9780917788109","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}