Month: May 2011

May 14, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: Tin House — Katie Arnold-Ratliff (#ssm2011)

> Does anyone else think it a little unusual for Tin House the magazine to be publishing an excerpt from a book that Tin…
May 11, 2011

>Book Balloon’s Short Story of Week Reading Club (#ssm2011)

> Short Story Month followers may be interested in this ongoing short story discussion: Every week, members of Book Balloon (registration is free) discuss…
May 11, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: Gettysburg Review — Geoffrey Lee (#ssm2011)

> “Niramiai” by Geoffrey Lee is the first story in the current issue of The Gettysburg Review. I like this story a lot because…
May 11, 2011

>"In Hoan Kiem Lake" — flash fiction in The Northville Review

> I was thinking this morning about my series of very short stories featuring Oliver. Here’s the most recent published piece, from The Northville…
May 11, 2011

>Time for a blog makeover

>I’m tired of the look. Blogger templates have come a long way since I did the last redesign. Stay tuned for a change ….
May 10, 2011

>Review of Shanghai Dancing by Brian Castro

> Shanghai Dancing by Brian CastroKaya Press, 2009 As lyrical as a book can get, this one will be a tough read for some. The…
May 10, 2011

>TSR congratulates Pushcart Prize winning author | TSR’s Lagniappe

> Because I rank Pushcart Prize-winning journals, some people think I get advance notice of winners. I don’t. I hear about them the same…
May 10, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: The New Yorker — Michael Ondaatje (#ssm2011)

> May 16, 2011: “The Cat’s Table” by Michael Ondaatje I liked this fiction a lot—Ondaatje is a great writer—but it’s not a short…
May 9, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: Ploughshares — Lynne Tillman (#ssm2011)

> The story today is “Tiny Struggles” by Lynne Tillman, from the current issue of Ploughshares (Guest Editor Colm Tóibín). Tiny, a former Soaps actor,…
May 8, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: The Kenyon Review — Theodore Wheeler (#ssm2011)

> Here’s yet another 10-year-old protagonist–even though I don’t love the kid’s perspective, maybe I ought to give it a try myself. It seems…