Borrowed Hearts traces the development of Rick DeMarinis''s incantatory voice, including newer work as well as stories selected from his three previous, highly acclaimed collections: Under Wheat (1986), the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction; The Coming of the Free World, a New York Times Notable Book (1988); and The Voice of America (1991). The title story was included in 1991''s The Best Stories of the South, and "Your Story" was played on National Public Radio''s Selected Shorts.
