Finally, the long-awaited literary debut from the finalist in the Associated Writing Programs Award Series in Short Fiction. Centaur of the North marks the introduction of a gifted storyteller, a lyric and transcendent voice. In nine resonant stories, Wendell Mayo presents us with characters who long to remove the shadows occluding elusive, almost magical mothers and to explore prescribed, yet not fully understood, destinies. His stories reverberate with a soul-aching need to fit the puzzle pieces together. Family histories, family mysteries emerging from legends—Wendell Mayo reveals the power of family storytelling, both real and imagined.
Centaur of the North
$11.95
by Wendell Mayo
ISBN: 978-1-55885-165-8
Publication Date: June 1996
Bind: Trade Paperback
Pages: 128
Winner, 1996 Premio Aztlan
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Finalist, 1997 Violet Crown Award; Winner
1996 Premio Aztlán
“Mayo has a distinct talent for catching in terse, precise tales the way in which loss shapes our lives and imagination. An impressive debut.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A powerful first collection.”—The New York Times Book Review
“This collection of stories exemplifies craft, prose that is measured, honed, polished to a flawless surface that compels the reader from end to end.”—Gordon Weaver, author of The Way We Know in Dreams