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Shore Stories: An Anthology of the Jersey Shore
Shore Stories An Anthology of the Jersey Shore Author:Rich Youmans (Editor) This acclaimed anthology takes the reader on a literary journey along the Jersey Shore from the tip of Sandy Hook to Cape May Point. More than 40 short stories, essays and poems capture this beloved stretch of sandy beaches, bays, boardwalks, and towns, along with documentary photographs and art. Contributors include nationally celebrated author... more »s (John McPhee, Gay Talese, Robert Pinsky, among others) as well as talented writers whose work promises future acclaim. A great beach book in any season, this anthology will transport readers to the Jersey Shore wherever they may be.
Stories include:
Scheinman's deck / Wendy Patrice Williams
Long Branch, New Jersey / Robert Pinsky
Asbury Park / R.C. Ringer
A day in the life of Vincent Lucciola / J.F. Battaglia
The northern shore : photographs / Joe Paduano
Ringolevio / Dulcie Leimbach
The Jersey shore : three essays and a poem / Frank Finale
The wooden gauntlet / John Mahoney
Seaside Heights / Barbara O'Dair
Island Beach State Park : photographs / Gene Ahrens
Fisherman's wife / Josephine Lehman Thomas
At the fishermen's bar / Sandy Gingras
Barnegat Light-commercial fishing : photographs / Serge J.-F. Levy
The distant edge of war / Margaret R. Thomas
The finished sound / Sandy Gingras
Beach access / Bruce Novotny
A strange incident at Bond's Hotel / John Bailey Lloyd
Woo / David C. Bruton
Long Beach Island in winter : photographs / Ray Fisk
The refuge / Stephen Dunn
Atlantic City proof / Christopher Cook Gilmore
Black boy / Kay Boyle
from The boardwalk / Robert Kotlowitz
Caveat emptor / Barry Targan. Old light / Barry Targan
Atlantic City : photographs from the collection of Robert E. Ruffolo Jr.
Atlantic City--1955 / Norman Paul Hyett
Two Atlantic City poems / Rochelle Ratner
The search for Marvin Gardens / John McPhee
Irregular intervals / Anndee Hochman
Razing the tenements in Atlantic City / Barbara Helfgott Hyett
Atlantic City / Lisa Walker
Voice from the ocean / Joel A. Ensana
Atlantic City : photographs / Michael Baytoff
When Jerry loves Jenny / Elayne Clift
Margie and Herb / Jane Elkington Wohl
The elephant, Margate / John Grey
from Unto the sons / Gay Talese
Killing time / Therése Halscheid
Love / Claude F. Koch
The southern shore : photographs / Michael Baytoff and Donna Connor
Ashes to ashes / Karen de Balbian Verster
Senior week / Jason Wilson
Breakfast at the Wildwood Motel, 1996 / Peter E. Murphy