02386nam 2200553Ia 450 991078275650332120230828233951.01-58729-768-X(CKB)1000000000704742(EBL)843292(OCoLC)297118104(SSID)ssj0000258588(PQKBManifestationID)11210586(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258588(PQKBWorkID)10272564(PQKB)11250218(MdBmJHUP)muse9222(MiAaPQ)EBC843292(Au-PeEL)EBL843292(CaPaEBR)ebr10354474(EXLCZ)99100000000070474220060315d2006 ub 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrThings kept, things left behind[electronic resource] /Jim TomlinsonIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20061 online resource (169 p.)The Iowa short fiction awardDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-991-6 First husband, first wife -- Lake Charles -- The accomplished son -- Squirrels -- Things kept -- Paragon tea -- Flights -- Things left behind -- Marathon man -- Prologue (two lives in letters) -- Stainless.The stories in Things Kept, Things Left Behind explore the ambiguities of kept secrets, the tangles of abandoned pasts, and uneasy accommodations. Jim Tomlinson's characters each face the desire to reclaim dreams left behind, along with something of the dreamer that was also lost. Starkly rendered, these spiraling characters inhabit a specific place and class---small-town Kentucky, working-class America---but the stories, told in all their humor and tragedy, are universal. In each story the characters face conflict, sometimes within themselves, sometimes with each other. Each carries a past anIowa short fiction award.American poetry21st centuryAmerican literatureAmerican poetryAmerican literature.813/.6Tomlinson Jim1941-1540187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782756503321Things kept, things left behind3791689UNINA