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 BuschBrief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazFat enter heaven by Wesley McNairFat girl by Andre DubusCrash diet by Jill McCorkleLove for a fat man by Rhoda B. StamellFull figure by Allison JosephAx of the apostles by Erin McGrawFat by Conrad HilberryPower by Stephen DunnFat man in history by Peter CareyNouveau big by Katherine RiegelSix hundred pound man by Jack CoulehanHungry self by Rebecca CurtisDumpling child by Dorothy AllisonFat man by Vern Rutsala400-pound CEO by George SaundersBig Ruthie imagines sex without pain by S.L. WisenbergWaltzing the cat by Pam HoustonI want to be fat by Terrence HayestFor the one man who likes my thighs by Denise DuhamelWhen fat girls dream by J.L. HaddawayBallerina by Sharon SolwitzDisplaced overweight homemaker's guide to finding a man by Donna JarrellWeight bearing by Patricia GoedickeHunters in the snow by Tobias WolffFat lady travels by Cathy Smith-BowersFat people at the amusement park by Rawdon TomlinsonDisappearing by Monica WoodFat by Raymond Carver