by Libby O'Neill | May 31, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing
1. Eudora Welty 2. O. Henry 3. Raymond Carver 4. Flannery O’Connor 5. Tim O’Brien
by Ilse Munro | May 30, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing
…then sit very still and ask yourself, as a reader, what piece of writing in all the world Buddy Glass would most want to read if he had his heart’s choice. The next step is terrible, but so simple I can hardly believe it as I write it. You just sit down...
by John Abbott | May 30, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing
I read short stories because they entertain and because they can give insight into how we live our lives. I write short stories because each one offers up its own world. I love the challenge each one presents. I write novels and poems, too, but the short story is more...
by John Oliver Hodges | May 29, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing
Short stories are essential to any meaningful way of life; without them we are doomed—so I hope you tell and receive stories at the office, on the job site, with strangers by the pool or on the subway. The stories you tell out loud are likely anecdotal and voicey and...
by Berit Ellingsen | May 29, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing
I once asked a friend of mine, when we were both graduate students in science and struggling in the lab with our thesis experiments, what her dream job was. “Gemologist,” she said, and I could hear in her voice what a beautiful but seemingly unattainable dream...
