Reading the Short Story

Thoughts on reading and studying the short story by a guy who's read and written about a lot of short stories.

Showing posts with label Sherwood Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sherwood Anderson. Show all posts
Saturday, March 6, 2010

Knockemstiff, Donald Ray Pollock, and a Smear on Appalachian People

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Two years ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg entitled “A New American Voice” about Knockemstiff , a deb...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Playing it Safe with the Pulitzer: Olive Kitteridge and The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao

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I finally found the time to read Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge , a collection of thirteen loosely linked stories that won the Pulitzer...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

John Burnside's "The Bell Ringer": PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories, 2009

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If you want to read a paradigmatic example of the traditional lyrical/realistic short story, innovated by Chekhov ( Collected Stories) and T...
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