Monday, July 2, 2018

Why Cynan Jones's "The Edge of the Shoal" Won the 2017 BBC National Short Story Award

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The 2017 BBC National Short Story Award (the 12 th year the £15,000 has been awarded to a single short story) went to Welsh writer Cynan ...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Caroline Taylor's collection "Enough"

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When I began this blog almost ten years ago (My, my! Has it really been that long?), I announced that my intention was to discuss the ch...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint Almost Got Me Fired

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I was sorry to hear of the death of Philip Roth this week.   I have been reading his work ever since his collection of stories, Goodbye,...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Best American Short Stories: 2017--Five on the Light Side--Short Story Month

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I am reading stories in this year’s Best American Short Stories randomly.   They are fun, but rather lightweight.   It’s not often that ...
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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Novelistic Stories in 2017 O. Henry Prize Stories--Short Story Month

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Michelle Huneven’s “Too Good to Be True,” Several stories in this year’s O. Henry Prize Stories raise for me the issue of the differenc...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Kevin Barry, "A Cruelty" and Heather Monley, "Paddle to Canada"--O. Henry Prize Stories--Short Story Month

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Kevin Barry, “A Cruelty” A few years ago, I did a series of blogs on the six shortlisted collections for the 2012 Frank O’Connor. Kevi...
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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Shruti Swamy's, “Night Garden”--O. Henry Prize Stories 2017--Short Story Month

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Shruti Swamy, “Night Garden” Shruti Swamy   says that her story “Night Garden-- about a woman who watches her dog stare down a cobra a...
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