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IMAGINARY OKLAHOMA: Alan Heathcock's "Streetlamps"
Series: The Sound of Our Land
From: This Land Press
Length: 00:05:41
Alan Heathcock reads us his story "Streetlamps" from our Imaginary Oklahoma series and explains the family history behind the unusual coupling in his work.
Alan Heathcock’s fiction has been published in many of America’s top magazines and journals, including Zoetrope: All-Story, Kenyon Review, VQR, Five Chapters, Storyville, and The Harvard Review. His stories have won the National Magazine Award in fiction, and have been selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories anthology. Heathcock is currently a Literature Fellow for the state of Idaho. A native of Chicago, he teaches fiction writing at Boise State University.
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Alan Heathcock reads us his story "Streetlamps" from our Imaginary Oklahoma series and explains the family history behind the unusual coupling in his work.
Alan Heathcock’s fiction has been published in many of America’s top magazines and journals, including Zoetrope: All-Story, Kenyon Review, VQR, Five Chapters, Storyville, and The Harvard Review. His stories have won the National Magazine Award in fiction, and have been selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories anthology. Heathcock is currently a Literature Fellow for the state of Idaho. A native of Chicago, he teaches fiction writing at Boise State University.
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Alan Heathcock, author of "Streetlamps."
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