From the Place in the Valley Deep in the Forest is a short-story collection by American writer Mitch Cullin, and is the author's fifth book. It was first published as a trade paperback in November 2001 by Dufour Editions in the US.[1] A UK trade paperback edition was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in January 2005.[2] In 2007, the Italian publisher FBE released a trade paperback translation of the collection as Da Quel Luogo Nella Valle Dentro La Foresta.[3]
 First edition | |
| Author | Mitch Cullin |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Peter I. Chang |
| Publisher | Dufour Editions |
Publication date | November 2001 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8023-1336-2 |
| OCLC | 46565102 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.U319 F76 2001 |
| Preceded by | The Cosmology of Bing 2001 |
| Followed by | UnderSurface 2002 |
The collection was given a starred review from Booklist in its December 12, 2001 publication.[4]
Contents edit
Several of the stories in the collection had been published previously in literary magazines, although they were greatly revised for the book and often given new titles. Three of the eight stories were previously unpublished. The stories are listed below in the order in which they appear in the book.
| Title | Previously published in[5] | Year Written |
|---|---|---|
| Voice of the Sun | The Bayou Review and Texas Writers Newsletter | 1995 / 1997 |
| From the Place in the Valley Deep in the Forest | Previously unpublished | 2001 |
| History is Dead | Previously unpublished | 2001 |
| Wormwood | finalist in the Santa Barbara Review's Phenomena of Place contest | 1997 |
| Five Women in No Particular Order | Austin Flux | 1995 |
| Viv's Biding | Previously unpublished | 2001 |
| Sifting Through | Austin Flux and Little, Brown's Best American Gay Fiction 2 | 1996 |
| Totem | Harrington's Gay Men's Quarterly | 1999 |
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Dufour Editions". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "Weidenfeld & Nicolson". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "FBE edition". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "Booklist starred review". Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ Cullin, Mitch (2001). "Publishers notes, English edition". From the Place in the Valley Deep in the Forest.
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