The High Heart
| Year of Publication |
2007
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| Publication Type |
Short Stories
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
200 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Eastern Washington University Press
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| City |
Spokane and Cheney
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| Abstract |
Fourteen stories about Fritz Sweeney and his working-class, East End family.
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| Notes |
Settings are disguised as follows: Central Catholic High School as St. Sebastian High School; Carnegie Lake as Highland Park Pond; and Ritter’s Diner as Finnegan’s. California University of Pennsylvania is referred to as California State College, as it was then known.
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| Author Biography |
Joseph Bathanti (1953 — ), a poet and novelist, was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He studied at Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School, California University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and he earned a MFA at Warren Wilson College. In 2012 he was named the seventh poet laureate of North Carolina. Bathanti teaches creative writing at Appalachian State University.
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| Time |
1960s-70s
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