Jack Driscoll and the Short Story (on the day after Thanksgiving)
A short while ago, I got to talk with Jack Driscoll, one of my all-time favorite writers, for an interview on The Rumpus. There is so much goodness here, it would take me forever to excerpt the highlights. So why don’t you just wander over to The Rumpus and give it a read? (http://therumpus.net/2017/11/its-only-a-matter-of-time-a-conversation-with-jack-driscoll/) And since it is […]
Beautiful Sentence # 13 ~ Flannery O’Connor
“The tide of darkness seemed to sweep him back to her, postponing from moment to moment his entry into the world of guilt and sorrow.” – Flannery O’Connor, “Everything That Rises Must Converge.”
7.21.2016 Journal Prompt
July 21, 2016: When her troubles started…
Why The Short Story? ~ A National Short Story Month Remix
[Excerpted from this blog’s long series “Why The Short Story?” For full text, click here.] Like so many writers, I loved to read when I was a child. I remember SRA books—do you remember those? You’d have to be of a certain age, and maybe of a certain region of the world. Anyway, SRA was […]
“The Grand Symbiosis.” Dennis McFadden on training…
In the last installment of “Why The Short Story?” our conversation among writers, Vanessa Gebbie asked us to consider whether or not we thought the short story is training ground for the novel. Here then, is Dennis McFadden’s response: Dennis: Is the short story a “training ground” for the novel? Unquestionably. Undeniably. Until the cows […]
Secrets Revealed, the Code is Cracked: How the Short Story
I have this friend Michael Delp, a writer from Northern Michigan. His latest book is a loving, funny, and sometimes disturbing collection of short stories called As If We Were Prey, published by the scrappy and very fine Wayne State University Press. Delp is a bit of a hermit, preferring fish and water to people […]
Why The Short Story? Lawrence Sargent Hall Reads “The Ledge”
I’ve been surveying my friends (Facebook and otherwise) to find out what short stories they have found important, influential, inspiring, or just plain entertaining. The list is long and varied and still grows even as I write this; I’m excited to have a whole slew of new stories to read. Soon, I will compile the […]
Vanessa Gebbie on “Why The Short Story?”
Vanessa Gebbie has won numerous awards for her short fiction, including Bridport and Fish prizes. She is the author of two collections of stories:Words from a Glass Bubble and Storm Warning, and contributing editor of Short Circuit – a Guide to the Art of the Short Story (all Salt Publishing). Her debut novel, The Coward’s Tale, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury in […]