We Are the Living

The stories are of different characters, some obviously intended as humorous or satirical while others are lyrical, romantic and/or tragic. Most of them are laid against the background of the lives of ordinary people in the contemporary US South, the social milieu most familiar to the author - some being specifically located in his home state of Georgia.

The stories in the book include:

• "Warm River"
• "We Are Looking at You, Agnes"
• "The People's Choice"
• "Indian Summer"
• "Rachel"
• "The Medicine Man"
• "Picking Cotton"
• "Meddlesome Jack"
• "The Picture"
• "Yellow Girl"
• "August Afternoon"
• "Mama's Little Girl"
• "The First Autumn"
• "After-Image"
• "Crown-Fire"
• "The Empty Room"
• "Over the Green Mountains"
• "The Grass Fire"
• "A Woman in the House"
• "Country Full of Swedes"

• Cover of the first edition