Sunday, June 30, 2013

Frank O;Connor 2013 Short Story Contest: Joyce Carol Oates "Black Dahlia and White Rose"

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With all due respect to the honorable judges of the 2013 Frank O’Connor short story contest, I just do not understand how Joyce Carol Oates...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Frank O'Connor Short Story Contest, 2013: Peter Stamm's We're Flying

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The first Peter Stamm story I ever read was “Sweet Dreams” in the May 2012 issue of The New Yorker .  I liked it well enough that when We’r...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

New Yorker 2013 Summer Fiction Issue: Proulx, Lahiri, Alexie, etc.

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I have maintained a subscription to The New Yorker for many years now because I can always count on the magazine to publish some of the be...
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Monday, June 3, 2013

Gilman's "Yellow Wallpaper" and Poe's "Berenice": Two American Fantastic Tales

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Each week The Library of America will post to your email account a free “Story of the Week” from a volume in their large catalog.  You can ...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Puzzle the Prof: Rick Bass's "The Hermit's Story"

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In the dwindling days of Short Story Month and my “Puzzle the Prof” contest for 2013 , Richard Pangburn has asked my opinion of Rick Bass’s...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Puzzle the Prof: A Few Words about Annie Proulx's Stories, especially "The Great Divide"

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      For my “Puzzle the Prof” contest, I received a request to talk a bit about Annie Proulx’s story “The Great Divide” from her 2008 coll...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

Puzzle the Prof: The Voice of Edward P. Jones's Stories

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In response to my “Puzzle the Prof” contest, Keith Hood writes that he would like to hear what I have to say about Edward P. Jones, noting ...