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 Steven Millhauser. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Steven Millhauser. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

Steven Millhauser’s “A Voice in the Night” and Flannery O’Connor’s Romance Short Fiction

As I have mentioned before, I much admire the stories of Steven Millhauser. If you have not read his “new and selected stories,” We O...

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

PEN/O.Henry Stories: 2012--Alternate Reality in the Short Story--Wilson, Millhauser, Groff

I have always argued that there are two basic modes of experience in prose fiction: one which involves the development and acceptance of...

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Steven Millhauser and The Reality of Artifice

I had just finished reading Steven Millhauser’s new book, We Others: New and Selected Stories , when I received my copy of Best American...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Steven Millhauser, "Getting Closer"

I have always had this nagging notion that if I could figure out what makes a short story by a great short story writer so…well, you know…gr...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Kevin Wilson, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth is Kevin Wilson’s first book. The eleven stories were originally published in such places as Ploughs...

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