The Truly Needy and Other Stories

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [x], 205, [1]. Grey linen cloth boards, lettered in black to spine; grey endpapers. Jacket design by Ann Walston.

Winner of the 1999 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Debut collection of nine short stories which have originally appeared in two O. Henry Award story collections, Best American Short Stories, DoubleTake, Ploughshares, Gettysburg Review, Witness, Agni and Gargoyle.

"Nine stories, set mostly in New York City, make up Honig's debut collection, brimming with complex, vividly drawn characters teetering precariously between alienation and empathy, displacement and communion, despair and perseverance." –Publishers Weekly