Jill McCorkle

Jill McCorkle’s world is populated by people whose foibles are so familiar that we want nothing so much as to watch them walk into—and then out of—life’s inevitable traps. In Going Away Shoes, she collects eleven new stories bristling with her characteristic combination of wit and weight. ... (more)Shoes figure largely in these stories of confronting the complications of love—honeymoon shoes, mud-covered hunting boots, glass slippers—as all the characters march to a place of new awareness, and, in one way or another, transform their lives. Jill McCorkle is the author of eight previous books, five of which have been selected as New York Times Notable Books. She teaches writing at North Carolina State University.

North Carolina author Jill McCorkle will return for a reading and signing of her short story collection, Going Away Shoes, now available in paperback. “McCorkle is an expert at engineering catharsis through good salty rants, but the best thing about these stories is the sense of romance and wonder ... (more)in long-overdue journeys of self-discovery,” write the New York Time Book Review.

Jill McCorkle, one of America's favorite writers, joins us at the Center for the Book with a delightful new story collection, her first in eight years, Going Away Shoes. It's a wonderfully embracing book that offers 11 new stories focusing on women looking love in the face without flinching, and ... (more)it's written with McCorkle's customary wit and depth. We urge you not to miss this exceptional author's appearance here. McCorkle is a native North Carolinian whose many popular novels and collections include The Cheerleader, July 7, Tending to Virginia, Carolina Moon and Ferris Beach.

North Carolina author Jill McCorkle will read from and sign copies of her new short story collection, Going Away Shoes. "These stories provide what brilliant fiction always provides—insight, felt life, voices of others, fascination—but more than anything else, they give pleasure," writes author Richard ... (more)Bausch. Award-winning McCorkle is the author of eight previous books—three story collections and five novels—five of which have been selected as New York Times Notable Books. She teaches writing at NCSU.