Johnny Payne

Johnny Payne, a novelist, playwright, and translator, is a specialist in comparative literature. He directs the creative writing program at Florida Atlantic University. For three years he headed a summer institute in Quechua history and literature in Cusco, Peru.

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She-Calf and Other Quechua Folk Tales

Edited by Johnny Payne
University of New Mexico Press

These fables from highland Peru, presented in both Quechua and English, capture a rich oral tradition and illustrate many universal human themes.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Walking on Water and Other Stories

Edited by Allen Wier
University of Alabama Press

Walking on Water gathers together an engaging and compelling
collection of short stories by 24 of the many talented writers to have
graduated from The University of Alabama's Program in Creative Writing
over the past 20 years.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Conquest of the New Word

Experimental Fiction and Translation in the Americas

University of Texas Press
  • Copyright year: 1993
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