It’s Wednesday and there is much to read
I’ve just learned that Pitt’s graduation speaker, football player Dan Marino, closed his speech with something like, “in the wise words of Ace Ventura, Pet Detective: Let’s party!” How ever…
Tag Archives: short story
Short story dead? Nope – the podcasts are coming.
Short Story magazine, based in Columbia, South Carolina, has announced a call for entries for — you guessed it — short stories. They’ll be selecting 52 to record and podcast…
Returning to Raymond Carver
Recently The New Yorker ran a piece on Raymond Carver and his relationship with editor Gordon Lish. A few things about the piece made me uncomfortable, including its lack of…
The New Yorker & Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver is perhaps the most esteemed short story writer of the latter half of the 20th century. His biography is well-known — an early marriage; a period of dissolution,…
