Monday, March 30, 2009

Regionalism, Local Color, Kentucky Writing, Gurney Norman as Poet Laureate

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Jeff Birkenstein, one of my students from years back who got his Ph.D. in lit from University of Kentucky, just sent me an email with the ...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Wells Tower--Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned--Smoke and Mirrors?

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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned , a debut collection of stories by Wells Tower, was published last week by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Irish Short Story Tradition

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, how could I not offer a post on the Irish short story? I have a personal connection and love for Ireland. ...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Do John Cheever's Stories Deserve a New Look?

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In the quarter century since his death, John Cheever has been mostly neglected by students and scholars. He is enjoying some new attention t...
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Sunday, March 8, 2009

More on Short Fiction and Film: "Hills Like White Elephants "and "Brokeback Mountain"

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In a “Comment” on my earlier post on fiction and film, Lee suggests that film adaptations of short stories may be more effective than I have...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Making A Focused Professional and a Broadly Human Response to the Story

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In a “Comment” on my last post, Sandy expresss the same lament I have expressed over the years—the uncertainty about whether as readers we h...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Short Fiction and Film--Smooth Talk

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Tom Cole, who used to write short stories, and later became a successful playwright and screenwriter, died last week. He was 75. Probably ...
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