Bücher von Dallas Woodburn

Emma blames herself when a freak accident at a pool party leaves Hunter, the town's rising track star and her former boyfriend, paralyzed from the waist down. As she struggles with anxiety, loneliness and regret, she begins to obsessively paint portraits of legs and feet-Hunter's legs and feet-and for the first time receives critical acclaim and notice for her artwork.But what started as therapeutic for Emma ends up deepening her guilt. Does creating meaningful art require retreating inward toward self-expression, or striving outward toward recognition-or can it somehow be both?Searching for one whole, authentic identity, Emma grapples with love, ambition, grief, homecoming, and-ultimately-redemption.

Debut short story collection by Dallas Woodburn, winner of the 2018 Cypress & Pine Fiction Series.Dallas Woodburn, a recent Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing at San Jose State University, received her MFA in Fiction from Purdue University and her BA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. Her writing has appeared in a number of journals, magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she won first place in the international Glass Woman Prize and second place in the American Fiction Prize. She is the founder of Write On! Books, an organization that empowers young people through reading and writing endeavors: www.writeonbooks.org.

Following her first book, There's a Huge Pimple on My Nose--which the Los Angeles Times praised: "If you simply want to enjoy some remarkable writing, it's hard to find a book more satisfying than Dallas Woodburn's"--this teen phenomenon's second collection of short stories, 3 a.m., is already receiving high praise:"Woodburn is a very gifted writer whose work celebrates the beauty and humor of everyday life. She is able to merge different cultures and generations in a thought-provoking and lovely way."--Laurie Stolarz, award-winning author of Blue is for Nightmares series"The writing is so wonderful you'll want to stay up reading until 3 a.m.!"--Julia McGuire, The Hudson Valley Literary Magazine"An emotionally resonant collection, dealing with the universal themes of identity, grief and love--with a little bit of humor thrown in as well. Dallas helps you recognize and appreciate the finer things in life."--Catherine Clark, best-selling author of Truth or Dairy"Woodburn's writing shines with both humor and poignancy. Her skillfully developed stories have amazing versatility. With characters that are human and tangible and extremely likeable--and details that make them come alive in a vivid and precise and utterly appropriate way--I couldn't get enough of 3 a.m."--Randy Powell, acclaimed author of My Underrated Year