Friday, July 22, 2016

Jonathan Tel's "The Human Phonograph"--Winner of 2015 Commonwealth Prize and 2016 Sunday Times EFG Prize

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The British are more generous giving awards for short stories than the Americans.  The only American short story award of significant value...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

T. C. Boyle's "The Fugitive": Social Realism Does Not a Great Story Make

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If   this story had been written by anyone other than T. C. Boyle, The New Yorker probably would not have published it.  But a short...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Alice Munro 85th Birthday Tribute: Always True to the Short Story

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          Alice Munro has said that when she reads a story she does not take it up at the beginning and follow it like a road “with views ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Roxana Robinson Asking for Love--Cheever in Content, But Content is Secondary to Great Stories

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I got an email from a publisher marketing associate recently, suggesting that since I was such a fan of Alice Munro I might also like the s...
Friday, July 1, 2016

Karen Russsell's "Bog Girl": More Adolescent Jokes Parading as Meaningful Adult Fantasy

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Ever since her first collection of stories, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, came out in 2006, Karen Russell, who was 25 at...
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Friday, June 17, 2016

Ben Lerner's "The Polish Rider": Exphrasis, Self-reflexivity, Intertextuality, and Other Genius Stuff in The New Yorker Summer Fiction Issue

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Although Ben Lerner's story "The Polish Rider" narrates a simple plot of a young female artist named Sonia who searches for...
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Bloomsday 2016: A Few Comments on the Irish Short Story

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            Because today is Bloomsday, I felt I had to post something to commemorate it.  However, Leopold Bloom is, of course, not a chara...