Carry the Light: Short Stories, Poems and Essays from the San Mateo County Fair (Volume 1)

The over 100 short stories, poems and essays in Carry the Light will delight readers of all genres. Sail on an eighteenth-century whaling ship, become an American, homestead on the prairie and be a king on the river. Settle in with this book and think of "trashed" in a new way. Celebrate the practice of laughing and forgiving. Sing to the dead, launch chickens in space and enter the garden on Eden. Carry the Light epitomizes what's right with contemporary American literature. Not phony or fuzzy, but a darn good read.