Author Jill McCorkle Shares Her Latest,
Going Away Shoes
On UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch,
Sunday, December 27, at 5 PM

Jill McCorkle, a master of the short story whose work has been compared to that of Alice Munro and Lorrie Moore, is a writer whose characters insist on our immediate and total attention. In Going Away Shoes, her first collection in eight years, she yields eleven new stories bristling with her signature wit and weight.

One way or the other, all of these stories are about women looking love in the face without flinching. Some of them are confronting the reality of domestic disruption; others are simply flirting with the possibilities—and dangers—of change. From the first story, about a modern-day Cinderella contemplating escape, to the last, "Me and Big Foot," an idyll about finding the perfect prince, McCorkle's characters make mistakes but aren't interested in hiding behind them. They get divorced or quit their jobs or tell people to step aside, and they move on.

In all-new episode of UNC-TV’s statewide literary series, North Carolina Bookwatch, with D.G. Martin, premiering Sunday, December 27, at 5 PM, McCorkle shares her new collection, the work of a great storyteller who knows exactly how—and why—to pair longing and laughter.

Jill 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 is the winner of the New England Book Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. She teaches writing at North Carolina State University and lives with her husband in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Don’t miss D.G. Martin’s all-new interview with Jill McCorkle on North Carolina Bookwatch, Sunday, December 27, at 5 PM, only on UNC-TV!

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