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    Delta Flats: Stories in the Key of Blues and Hope

    By Dixon Hearne

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    From the piney hills of northern Louisiana to the raw and decadent streets of New Orleans, Delta Flats: Stories in the Key of Blues and Hope records the daily lives of its characters with a poetic rhythm that evokes the ebb and flow of life itself. Dixon Hearne is a master at capturing the “blue reality” of life, moments—both large and small—that define the hot days and long nights of the deep south. With language as gritty as the blues and as beautiful as a gospel choir, he juxtaposes the downtrodden with the hopeful and the darkness with the light and plays out each story with deft, lyrical descriptions that make the reader want to laugh and sing with joy. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWalrus Publishing
    Release dateMar 15, 2016
    ISBN9781940442150
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    Delta Flats: Stories in the Key of Blues and Hope
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    Dixon Hearne

    Dixon Hearne teaches and writes in the American South. Much of his work draws on his memories of growing up along the graceful river traces and bayous in West Monroe, Louisiana. After years of university teaching and writing for research journals, his interests turned to fiction and poetry—and the challenge of writing in a different voice. He is the author of several recent books, including Native Voices, Native Lands and Plantatia: High-toned and Lowdown Stories of the South, which was nominated for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and won the Creative Spirit Award-Platinum for best general fiction book. His work has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received numerous other honors. He is editor of several recent anthologies, including A Quilt of Holidays. His has been published widely in magazines, journals, and anthologies, including Oxford American, New Orleans Review, Louisiana Literature, Big Muddy, Cream City Review, Wisconsin Review, Post Road, New Plains Review, Weber-Contemporary West, Mature Living, Woodstock Revisited, The Southern Poetry Anthology: Louisiana, and others.He is a frequent presenter and an invited speaker at the Louisiana Book Festival and other literary events.

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    • 4/5
      I love books and stories set in the south and I wasn't disappointed in this book of short stories written by Dixon Hearne. The book was broken down into four Parts.Part One:Coming of AgeWhich I found several of them to be quite good and way too short. I particularly enjoyed "Somewhere deep inside" and found myself laughing out loud to "Raptured". I have to admit I did find them all very entertaining.Part Two:ResolutionsThese were all great stories that I thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Hearne really knows how to write some great tales, I guess one of my favorite stories in the whole book was "Cheap Relations", it was a hoot. The witty dialogue was hilarious. "Our Christmas Visitor" was another story about relatives coming together and not getting along too well. I guess we can all relate to some of these stories. Part Three::Turning PointsSome of these pulled on the heart strings a little hard. "Mercy Rare" was one that got to me. Then there was "Redemption" which was another good one.Part Four:The BluesThese too were all very good, my favorite was "Crescent City Blues" it was a story written about the infamous NOPD. I found it very entertaining."Don't Try Me" was another one that was too short. I wish some of these were novels. "Hope of Flight" was another one that I wish could have gone on longer. I was never really a big fan of short stories, but books like "Delta Flats" and a few other good ones I've read lately have made me change my opinion regarding them. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I think other readers who love the South as I do, will find this a very engaging read.I would like to thank Amphorae Publishing Group and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this e-galley.