The orchid stories Elmslie, Kenward creator author. Silverblatt, Michael writer of introduction. text short story Fiction. nyu 2016 2016 First Song Cave edition. monographic eng print xv, 247 pages ; 19 cm Locust Gleanings -- Native innards -- Eugene V. Debs' last Mackintosh -- Streetcar -- Mooning -- My holy city geography book -- Zoroaster -- Waking up -- Fauteuil -- Moon canal morning -- Hiatus: orchid ode -- Accident vertigo -- Sunshine revelations -- Letter-poem to a hydrofarm. Kenward, Elmslie ; introduction by Michael Silverblatt. Short stories. "Like the orchids that provide their leitmotif, these interwoven stories by the author are exquisite, exotic, and oneiric, as if they had been written in another world. Although each of them stands alone, their characters and moods recur frequently, in a swirl of visual echoes and the bewildering clarity of a dream. Even the characters themselves, with their shifting names and genders, have an illusive reality that enhances the pleasure of these tales."--Publisher website. "First published by Paris Review Editions/Doubleday & company, 1973."--Title page verso. United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction Manners and customs United States 1900-1999 fast PS3509.L715 O73 2016 813/.54 0996778624 9780996778626 2016931832 YDX 160822 20170926140917.0 in00003812916 eng