Category: Short Story Month 2007

May 18, 2007

>Uke Rivers Delivers, by R.T. Smith

>More Short Story Month. Although I first knew of R.T. Smith as a poet and the editor of Shenandoah, he’s also published numerous short…
May 13, 2007

>Things Kept, Things Left Behind, by Jim Tomlinson

>More Short Story Month. Today’s collection is Things Kept, Things Left Behind by Jim Tomlinson. I got this book when it came out last…
May 12, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Hanwell Senior" by Zadie Smith

>I rather like this story by Zadie Smith. It is narrated by the daughter of Hanwell and reaches back in time to the sketchy…
May 10, 2007

>Believers, by Nathan Leslie

>I’m falling behind on my Short Story Month schedule. Sorry! Can I blame the heat? Today I offer Believers by Nathan Leslie. I’ve got…
May 9, 2007

>storySouth Notable Stories

>storySouth has released its list of Notable Stories for 2006. The short list of 10 will be announced on May 23. Congratulations to the…
May 8, 2007

>Get Down, by Asali Solomon

>I’m not the intended audience for this collection, Get Down, by Asali Solomon, which is mostly about young African American girls growing up in…
May 8, 2007

>storySouth

>storySouth is one of the best online literary magazines going, but for some reason it usually escapes my notice (perhaps because they aren’t pushy…
May 7, 2007

>Herb’s Pajamas, by Abigail Thomas

>Most writers I know are fans of Abigail Thomas. I know I have been since I read her creative non-fiction book, Safekeeping, a few…
May 6, 2007

>The New Yorker: "One Minus One" by Colm Tóibín

>An Irishman in Texas, alone, wants to reach out to his former lover but feels he can’t. He recalls the time six years earlier…
May 5, 2007

>The Language of Elk, by Benjamin Percy

>More Short Story Month: The Language of Elk by Benjamin Percy is another fine collection, at its strongest when and beast confront one another….