Tag: Short Stories
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Where I’m Calling From by Raymond Carver – A Book Review
Where I’m Calling From is a collected edition of Raymond Carver’s short stories. Carver died from lung cancer in 1988, but before doing so he was said to have been one of the writers responsible for bringing back the glory of the short story. Where I’m Calling From is certainly the work of an expert. …
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The Night In Question by Tobias Wolff – A Book Review
Tobias Wolff has written yet another fantastic collection of short stories with The Night in Question. Wolff has yet to disappointment me with any of his writings thus far, and since I believe I’ve read all of his works but for one or two, it does not seem as though that may be a possibility. …
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Back In the World by Tobias Wolff – A Book Review
Are you reading Tobias Wolff yet? Are you? If not, you should be. With Back in the World, Wolff gives us yet another outstanding compilation of short stories. As always, Wolff’s stories are brief and absolutely potent, offering all the complexities and awkwardness of the human condition in a direct and entrancing manner. His…
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Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx – A Book Review
I decided to check out Close Range: Wyoming Stories on the recommendation from Stephen King in his memoir, On Writing. Imagine my surprise when I saw that it included the (very) short story “Brokeback Mountain!” You know, the source material for the 2006 Academy Award Best Picture nominee. But, I’ll get more into that later.…
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A Model World by Michael Chabon – A Book Review
Michael Chabon once again proves why I believe he is America’s premier living author. In this collection of short stories, he presents many normal circumstances, every day sorts of things, but he gives them to us with such captivating, realistic characters that you must turn the page to find out how everything ends. Now, this…
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Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx – A Book Review
Though this is only the second book I’ve read by Annie Proulx, I can tell that her style and voice will keep me coming back for more and more of her work. Proulx blends the utterly fantastic with the totally mundane so seamlessly that she can pass virtually anything off in her writing and you’ll…
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Haunted: Tales Of the Grotesque by Joyce Carole Oates – A Book Review
I really looked forward to reading this collection of short stories. I love well-crafted, gothic tales, and from what I’d heard, Oates, an author I’d never before read, is something of a master. Sadly, nothing about Haunted indicated as such. First of all, I’m all for leaving a story off in such a manner that…
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Night Shift by Stephen King – A Book Review
This collection of short stories by Stephen King encompasses all that is great about one of our most prolific and talented writers. I’ve given most of King’s latest work a hard time over the last few years, but only because I know how truly talented he can be. These stories, most of which are from…
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Life Imitates Art
Note: Originally Published 10-1-06 This is kind of old news, but, heck, you might just enjoy it anyway… A few weeks ago I returned to my hometown of Beardstown, IL. The Beardstown Houston Memorial Public Library found it in their hearts to invite me along with several other local authors to take part in a…
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The Best Book You’ve Never Read
Note: Originally Published 6-9-07 About once a year, I like to remind my friends that there is a superb book out there they’ve never read. It’s by a terribly talented man from my neck of the woods named Ken Bradbury. The book is a short story collection called homerville, and if you grew up or…
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