GREG DOWNS Spit Baths

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Selected Works Book Spit Baths Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection of short stories Short Stories I Do Not Support the Troops This story about a young woman and her tense and tender ties to her nephew is the first post-Spit Baths story I have published, in serial form in the arts section of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Black Pork A "simultaneously excruciating and deeply insightful commentary about race," this story follows the intertwined lives of two neighboring families, one white, one black. Adam's Curse The first, shortest, and (according to Kirkus) the best short story in the collection, forthcoming from New Letters. Indoor Plumbing Short story from the collection that appeared in StorySouth Field Trip Short story from the collection that appeared in Philadelphia Stories Other published stories in the collection Ten of the other eleven stories in the collection have been published or are forthcoming this fall. Published stories not in the collection Short stories I've published that are not in the collection. Quick Links My mypsace page E-mail me University of Georgia Press page for Spit Baths Powell's page for Spit Baths Barnes & Noble page for Spit Baths Amazon page for Spit Baths A great literary blog The greatest team in the history of the world The real Philly, through the eyes of the incomparable Zoe Strauss Kyle Cassidy, one of the few photographers talented enough to make me look presentable. The greatest band in America The true voice of country music The best band the South has ever produced. The best band to come out of Kentucky in a long time Flannery O'Connor Award-winner Andrew Porter Writer and friend Tenaya Darlington Writer and friend Elise Juska Writer and friend Curtis Sittenfeld Writer and friend Sam Starnes Writer and friend Owen King Novelist and sportswriter and friend Tim Wendel Kentucky writer and friend Jim Tomlinson Audio file of me reading on WXPN, 88.5 FM Authors Guild

Adam's Curse This story is the first one in the collection and it's coming out from New Letters early this fall. I read it on WXPN's Live at the Writers House February program on love. Recording of me reading "Adam's Curse" on WXPN 88.5 FM, cached at my myspace site

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