Here is fat in all it's glory and grandeur-a large-hearted celebration of the human spirit and each individual's unique value, regardless of size. This anthology of thirty works by some of our best contemporary American writers looks at our perennial American obsession: fat. From Andre Dubus's delicious story of a young woman more comfortable in her fat body than her thin one ("The Fat Girl"), to Tobias Wolff 's tale of bonding over pancakes ("Hunters in the Snow"), Dorothy Allison's poem about food and love ("Dumpling Child"), and Peter Carey's surreal tale of a fat-man revolution ("The Fat Man in History"), this bountiful feast of fiction and poetry will ensure no reader ever looks at fat quite the same way again. Donna Jarrell is a self-described fat American whose fiction won Case Western Reserve University's prestigious Kennedy Prize for Outstanding Creative Project. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Ira Sukrungruang is a first-generation Thai-American. His stories have appeared in Witness, Indiana Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and numerous other literary journals. He teaches creative nonfiction at State University of New York-Oswego.