Parts of Speech: 100-Word Stories - Softcover

Walker, Ran

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1961753006 ISBN 13: 9781961753006

Publisher: Black and Square, 2023

Synopsis

Drawing off a wide assortment of literary and artistic influences, Ran Walker explores the extremely fine line between microfiction and narrative prose poetry using a 100-word framework that stretches the imagination, forcing the reader to consider whether prose poetry is really all that different from its sibling, microfiction.

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About the Author

Ran Walker (he/him) is the author of 31 books. His short stories, flash fiction, microfiction, and poetry have appeared in a variety of anthologies and journals. Prior to becoming a writer and educator, he worked in magazine publishing and practiced law in Mississippi. He is the winner of the Indie Author Project's 2019 National Indie Author of the Year Award (selected by judges from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, IngramSpark, St. Martin's Press, and Writer's Digest), the 2019 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Best Fiction Ebook Award, the 2018 Virginia Indie Author Project Award for Adult Fiction, and the 2021 Blind Corner Afrofuturism Microfiction Contest. Ran is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hampton University and serves as a Contributing Editor with Writer's Digest. He lives in Virginia with his wife and much better half, Lauren, and his amazing daughter, Zoë.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black and Square
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1961753006
• ISBN 13: 9781961753006
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132