Bringing the Devil to His Knees

Introduction Part One/Techniques, Devices, and Strategies Richard Russo In Defense of Omniscience Jim Shepard I Know Myself Real Well. That's the Problem Susan Neville Where's Iago? Steven Schwartz Finding a Voice in America Chuck Wachtel Behind the Mask: Narrative Voice in Fiction Joan Silber Weight in Fiction Ehud Havazelet Chekhov and Form Charles Baxter ""You're Really Something"": Inflection and the Breath of Life Debra Spark Getting In and Getting Out: First Words on First (and Last) Words Part Two/Maps and Legends Karen Brennan Dream, Memory, Story, and the Recovery of Narrative Robert Boswell Narrative Spandrels C. J. Hribal The Scene Beast Is Hungry Peter Turchi The Writer as Cartographer Antonya Nelson ""Mom's on the Roof"": The Usefulness of Jokes in Shaping Short Stories Part Three/Facing Up to the Reader Michael Martone Ruining a Story Kevin McIlvoy The Editor Comes Clean at Last (A Tale of One Rejection Letter and One Acceptance Letter to Stephen Crane) Pablo Medina Literature and Democracy Judith Grossman Thinking about a Reader Margot Livesey How to Tell a True Story