tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post734326573053758634..comments2024-03-09T00:19:36.011-08:00Comments on Reading the Short Story: James Kelman and the "Art," Not the Social Message, of the Short StoryCharles E. Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-85393671948971843492015-08-28T04:24:05.060-07:002015-08-28T04:24:05.060-07:00I cull the web on a regular basis to read James Ke...I cull the web on a regular basis to read James Kelman or anything about him. Interesting article thanks. My favourite genre is the short story probably because of my own social circumstances. He's a breath of fresh air and never fails to bring pleasure and controversy to his art He's one of the best of the Scottish contemporary writers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350039548599311738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-33563478312605342652015-07-17T13:56:46.972-07:002015-07-17T13:56:46.972-07:00Thanks for an interesting article. Kelman is an ex...Thanks for an interesting article. Kelman is an exceptional writer. Interestingly, he is not alone among Scottish writers who, despite success with the novel, continue to write short stories: Alasdair Gray, A. L. Kennedy, and Ali Smith would be three examples of writers, like Kelman, who publish as many collections of stories as novels.1streadinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17546473277895842785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-44189624906958179682015-07-16T14:42:26.703-07:002015-07-16T14:42:26.703-07:00Well, I don't think that's what I do in th...Well, I don't think that's what I do in that piece. Maybe quoting 9 words from an article of nearly 18,000 to suggest that I "limit" Kelman's stories that way is the oversimplification. Still, it's your blog. Here's the Munro stuff:<br /><br />"LONGING TO SEE DOCUMENTS": Writing and Desire in Alice Munro's Longer Stories," forthcoming in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 2016.<br /><br />"Alice Munro's Scottish Birthright." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews 27.4 (2014): 189-93.<br /><br />"The Culture of Surveillance in Alice Munro's 'Wenlock Edge'," Short Story, 21.2 (2013): 59-68.<br />Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-65647616777859935012015-07-16T14:24:16.012-07:002015-07-16T14:24:16.012-07:00Greetings, Steve. Good to hear from you. I look f...Greetings, Steve. Good to hear from you. I look forward to reading your work on Alice Munro. Where will it appear and when? <br /><br />And I think any attempt to limit a short story to a social message or political ideology is to oversimplify it. The form is just not a good carrier of social content. Like all good short story-writers, Kelman knows that.Charles E. Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-63145206390670694882015-07-16T07:51:56.048-07:002015-07-16T07:51:56.048-07:00"oversimplification"? Me? Ouch! I don..."oversimplification"? Me? Ouch! I don't think you're going to like my current work on Alice Munro very much either . . . Still, it's nice to see Kelman getting some exposure.<br />- Steve BernsteinStevenoreply@blogger.com