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“Charger.” In Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail. New York: Random House, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
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Elvis Presley. New York: Viking Penguin, 2003. Copyright © 2003 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Introduction used by permission of Viking Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
“Falling.” New World Writing, Fall 2015. http://newworldwriting.net/back/fall-2015/bobbie-ann-mason/. Copyright © 2015 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
“Fallout.” New Yorker. January 10, 2000. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
“Family Farm, The.” In Clear Springs. New York: Random House, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Feather Crowns. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Copyright © 1993 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Excerpt reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
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Girl in the Blue Beret, The. New York: Random House, 2011. Copyright © 2011 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Chapters 1, 2, and 17 and “Behind the Book” used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Girl Sleuth, The. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995. Copyright © 1975 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Excerpt reprinted by permission.
“Hear My Song.” New Yorker, March 20, 1995. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
“Horsehair Ball Gown, The.” Virginia Quarterly Review 89, no. 2 (Spring 2013). Reprinted by permission.
“Hot Colors.” New Yorker, September 1, 1980. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
In Country. New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Excerpt reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
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“La Bamba Hotline.” New Yorker, September 7, 1987. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
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“Prelude, The.” In Nancy Culpepper. New York: Random House, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
“Quinceañera.” Good Housekeeping, July 2013. Originally published under the title “Dance with Me.” Copyright © 2013 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
“Reaching the Stars: My Life as a Fifties Groupie.” New Yorker, May 26, 1986. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
“Reading Between the Lines.” Virginia Quarterly Review 90, no. 2 (Spring 2014). Reprinted by permission.
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“Sheep Down Under.” New Yorker, May 4, 1987. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
“Shiloh.” In Shiloh and Other Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
“State Pen, The.” Elm Leaves Journal, Winter 2016. Reprinted by permission.
“Talking through Hats.” Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art, Winter 2015. Reprinted by permission.
“Terms of Office.” New Yorker, July 26, 1993. Courtesy of the New Yorker.
“Third Monday.” In Shiloh and Other Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
Twain, Mark. American Claimant, The. Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Introduction copyright © 2004 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
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“Universe of Ada, The.” In Nabokov’s Garden. Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1974. Reprinted by permission.
“Whale Love.” The Nervous Breakdown, August 21, 2013. thenervousbreakdown.com. Copyright © 2013 by Bobbie Ann Mason and Meg Pokrass. Reprinted by permission.
“Wish.” In Love Life. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission.
“With Jazz.” In Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail. New York: Random House, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.