From the Book - Louisiana pbk. ed.
Place, people, personal experience: "This Louisiana Thing"
Experiments in theme and technique: the uncollected short stories
Sketching the line, sounding a new voice: "Bloodline"
The trauma of choice: "Catherine Carmier"
Two men in the system: "Of Love and Dust"
Tales within tales: "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
The man or the message: "In My Father's House"
New visions and voices: "A Gathering of Old Men"
Many teachers taught: "A Lesson Before Dying".