>Anis Shivani: What Makes the Short Story Distinctive? Writers Discuss the Story vs. the Novel

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Anis Shivani: What Makes the Short Story Distinctive? Writers Discuss the Story vs. the Novel

In a recent Huffington Post piece, Anis Shivani asks a number of writers “What Makes the Short Story Distinctive?” I’m one of those writers, although I don’t think my answer was particularly insightful. Still, Anis was kind enough to include me and also embedded the video of my lecture on linked story collections from last year.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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