What Are You Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology

This anthology of thirty works by some of our best contemporary American writers looks at our perennial American obsession: fat. It's everywhere, all around you, and maybe even on you. Now, America's consuming passion at last has its own anthology. From Andre Dubus's delicious story of a young woman more comfortable in her fat body than her thin one("The Fat Girl"), to Tobias Wolff's tale of bonding over pancakes ("Hunters in the Snow"), Dorothy Allison's poem about food and love ("Dumpling Child"), Peter Carey's surreal tale of a fat-man revolution ("The Fat Man in History"), Wesley McNair's poetic celebration "Fat Heaven", and George Saunders's "The 400-pound CEO," this bountiful feast of fiction and poetry will ensure no reader ever looks at fat quite the same way again.Including stories and poems byDorothy Allison Frederick BuschPeter CareyRaymond CarverJunot DíazAndre DubusPam HoustonJill McCorkleGeorge SaundersTobias WolffContents: Extra extra large by Frederick Busch Brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Fat enter heaven by Wesley McNair Fat girl by Andre Dubus Crash diet by Jill McCorkle Love for a fat man by Rhoda B. Stamell Full figure by Allison Joseph Ax of the apostles by Erin McGraw Fat by Conrad Hilberry Power by Stephen Dunn Fat man in history by Peter Carey Nouveau big by Katherine Riegel Six hundred pound man by Jack Coulehan Hungry self by Rebecca Curtis Dumpling child by Dorothy Allison Fat man by Vern Rutsala 400-pound CEO by George Saunders Big Ruthie imagines sex without pain by S.L. Wisenberg Waltzing the cat by Pam Houston I want to be fat by Terrence Hayest For the one man who likes my thighs by Denise Duhamel When fat girls dream by J.L. Haddaway Ballerina by Sharon Solwitz Displaced overweight homemaker's guide to finding a man by Donna Jarrell Weight bearing by Patricia Goedicke Hunters in the snow by Tobias Wolff Fat lady travels by Cathy Smith-Bowers Fat people at the amusement park by Rawdon Tomlinson Disappearing by Monica Wood Fat by Raymond Carver