The Secret Lives of People in Love By Simon Van Booy Short Stories (single author) (Harper Perennial, Paperback, 9780061766121, March 2010, 208pp.) The Short of It: Lovely and quiet. The Rest of It: This collection of short stories was sent to me some time ago. I can remember the day clearly. It arrived, I plunked [...]
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After the Quake - Short Stories (single author) By Haruki Murakami (Vintage, Paperback, 9780375713279, May 2003, 160pp.) The Short of It: Simple prose yet so complex. The stories in this collection are thought-provoking and dreamy in a surreal, fantastical way. The Rest of It: This is a very brief collection of stories. Six stories, all set [...]
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Miss Hildreth Wore Brown By Olivia deBelle Byrd (Morgan James Publishing, Paperback, 9781600377488, May, 2010, 176pp.) The Short of It: If you don’t have any Southern friends, you’ll want some after reading this. The Rest of It: Is it possible to be a Southern Belle without having ever stepped foot in the South? No, I [...]
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A few of you have sent emails asking about my literature class. I am two weeks into class and loving every minute of it. At first, I was hesitant to enjoy it because there is a lot of group participation required. I’m not shy but the assembling of groups makes me shudder. I consider myself [...]
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What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us By Laura van den Berg Dzanc Books October 2009 194pp Here’s the blurb from the publisher: Containing work reprinted in Best Non-Required Reading 2008, Best New American Voices 2010, and The Pushcart Prizes 2010, the stories in Laura van den Berg’s rich and [...]
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