We will live off of mangoes and love

..one more thing..

I would like to share some of Breece Pancakes short stories; they were a large source of inspiration for me while I was in Finland. They were also the cause of many late nights spent awake and dreaming of West Virginia..

Breece Pancake was a fairly unknown author in his time, but in recent years he has come to be regarded as a rare talent by contemporary writers such as Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates. He grew up in West Virginia and almost all of his stories occur in this bleak and impoverished landscape. There is only one collection of his works available for purchase (and I would sincerely recommend doing so). He committed suicide in 1979 at the young age of 26.

Trilobites, (published in 1977)

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/77dec/pancake.htm

In The Dry, (published in 1978)

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/78aug/pancake.htm

The Honored Dead, (published in 1981)

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/81jan/pancake.htm

Hollow, (published in 1982)

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/82oct/pancake.htm

Here is a great review of his collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates:

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/13/books/pancake-stories.html?pagewanted=1