The Instinct for Bliss
1995
First Published
3.92
Average Rating
159
Number of Pages
The winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Spirit Seizures presents a collection of stories replete with irony, intelligence, and emotion, featuring the tale of a young gourmet who prepares a "last supper" for a death row inmate. IP.
Avg Rating
3.92
Number of Ratings
12
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
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Author
Melissa Pritchard
Author · 9 books
Awards: Flannery O'Connor, Carl Sandburg, Janet Kafka, NEA, five Pushcart and O.Henry Prizes, Barnes & Noble Great Writers Award, Carson McCullers Fellow. Fiction, non-fiction in Paris Review, Ecotone, A Public Space, Conjunctions, LitMag, Southern Review, O the Oprah Magazine, Wilson Quarterly, the Nation, Chicago Tribune, NYTBR, others. Frequently anthologized. Twelfth book, a novel, forthcoming from Bellevue Literary Press, NYC 2024
