Corinne Demas Writing for Adults

Writing for Adults

Books    Short Stories   Commentary   Poetry   Plays

Corinne Demas is the author of four novels, two collections of short stories, a memoir, a play, a collection of poetry, and numerous books for children. She's published more than forty short stories, in a variety of magazines and literary journals. Her publications before 2000 are under the name Corinne Demas Bliss.
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Read Corinne's recent article "How to Get the Most Out of a Writing Group" in Guide to Literary Agents.
Read Corinne's article "An Author's Adventures in Clamming" in The Huffington Post.
Read Corinne's short story, "In Memory of a Lovely Afternoon", in the Kenyon Review

Books

Donkeys - coverThe Donkeys Postpone Gratification
(a collection of poems)
Published by
Finishing Line Press, 2009

The Writing Circle - coverThe Writing Circle
(a novel)
Published by
Hyperion/Voice, 2010
Paperback 2011

 

Eleven Stories High - coverEleven Stories High:
Growing Up in
Stuyvesant Town,
1948-1968

(a memoir)
Published by
SUNY Press, 2000
Paperback 2002

Everything I Was - coverEverything I Was
(a novel for young adults)
Published by
Carolrhoda/Lerner, 2011

 

What We Save For Last - coverWhat We Save for Last
(a short story collection)
Published by
Milkweed Editions, 1992

If Ever I Reurn Again - coverIf Ever I Return Again
(a novel for young adults)
Published by
HarperCollins, 2000

Tje Same River Twice = coverThe Same River Twice
(a novel)
Published by
Athenaeum, 1982

Daffodils or the Death of Love  - coverDaffodils or
the Death of Love

(a short story collection)
Published by
University of Missouri Press
1983

Great American Short Stories - coverGreat American Short Stories: From Hawthorne to Hemingway
(an edited collection
with introduction)
Published by
Barnes & Noble Books, 2004

The Making of a Picture Book - posterA Special Exhibit
The Making of a Picture Book: The Marriage of Text and Art
Meet illustrators and writers as they work together to create picture books.

 

Plays


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Blue Straw Hat
a one character play in one act

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Family Business
a play with four characters