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Saved From Drowning

Scott Heim
Scott Heim, born in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1966, is an acclaimed novelist, poet, and editor best known for Mysterious Skin. Raised in rural Kansas, he studied at the University of Kansas and Columbia University. His other novels include In Awe and We Disappear, and his poetry collection Saved From Drowning was published in 1993. Mysterious Skin was adapted into Gregg Araki’s acclaimed film. Heim has received fellowships from the London Arts Board and Sundance Screenwriters Lab; We Disappear received a Lambda Literary Award.

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Edition Data

Paperback

Publisher
Chiron Review Press
Published
1992
Edition
1st ed
ISBN
978-0-943795-24-9
Page count
45
Print run
100 copies

Notes

Preface by Robert Peters; cover art Anthony Knight; winner of 1992 Chiron Review Chapbook Contest; 1st ed, fall, 1993, 100 cc; 2nd printing, fall, 1996, 100 cc; 3rd printing, spring, 1998, 100 cc; 4th printing (not marked, no type on spine), Sept., 1999, 100 cc; 4 printings.

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