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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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote By Truman Capote Random House September 2004 400pp The Short of It: This is a wonderful collection of stories. Meaningful and thought-provoking. Perfect for this time of year. The Rest of It: I really enjoy Capote’s writing. A book group friend of mine brought this for a book exchange [...]
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Forgetting English By Midge Raymond Eastern Washington University Press November 2008 152pp Here is the blurb from the publisher: In this collection of award-winning stories, Midge Raymond explores the indelible imprint of home upon identity, and the ways in which new frontiers both defy and confirm it. The characters that inhabit these stories travel for [...]
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Ugly ManBy Dennis CooperPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersPub. Date: May 2009ISBN-13: 9780061715440 272pp The blurb from Barnes and Noble: Internationally acclaimed writer Dennis Cooper continues to study the material he’s always explored honestly, but does so now—in stories—with a sense of awareness and a satirical touch that exploits and winks at his mastery of this world. As [...]
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