{"product_id":"walking-on-water-and-other-allen-wier-9780817307851","title":"Walking on Water, and Other Stories","description":"Walking on Water gathers together an engaging and compelling\u003cbr\u003ecollection of short stories by 24 of the many talented writers to have\u003cbr\u003egraduated from The University of Alabama's Program in Creative Writing\u003cbr\u003eover the past 20 years. Editor Allen Wier, who taught fiction writing\u003cbr\u003eat Alabama from 1980 to 1994, offers us in this celebration of writing\u003cbr\u003ea variety of fictional voices that represent widely differing\u003cbr\u003esensibilities and visions. Some stories are by writers whose literary\u003cbr\u003ecareers are well begun, while others appear here in print for the first\u003cbr\u003etime. Wier named the collection after the story by Kim Trevathan, this\u003cbr\u003eauthor's first published fiction, because walking\u003cbr\u003eon water is such an apt figure for what the fiction writer attempts\u003cbr\u003ewith each new story's beginning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking on Water\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding anthology, surprising in the rich\u003cbr\u003evariety of its voices and stances, extraordinary in the sustained quality\u003cbr\u003eof all of the 24 stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen Wier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817307850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817307851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 5.99w x 0.76d","brand":"Allen Wier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086954180863,"sku":"9780817307851","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f264be1-8c13-4c1a-aa44-9d143761a840.jpg?v=1769097454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-on-water-and-other-allen-wier-9780817307851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}