December 2009
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November 2009
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Pretty Young Literary Thing - Gay Talese
Gay Talese
Ushered in New Journalism with:
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
By Gay Talese
FRANK SINATRA, holding a glass of bourbon in one hand and a cigarette in the other, stood in a dark corner of the bar between two attractive but fading blondes who sat waiting for him to say something. But he said nothing; he had been silent during much of the evening, except now in this private club in Beverly...
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Pretty Young Literary Thing - Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
One of her most famous short stories is:
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
by Joyce Carol Oates
First published in Epoch, Fall 1966. Included in Prize Stories : O Henry Award Winners(1968), and The Best American Short Stories (1967).
Copyright © by Joyce Carol Oates
for Bob Dylan
Her name was Connie. She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of...
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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - Delmore...
There are short stories I read and respect. The author wrote them well, perfect technique, clever words, and fine, fine phrases. Just one of those phrases, I know, would take decades for me to conjure. Thanks to the spread of writing workshops no one will ever again be at a loss for finely crafted short stories such as these.
But there are also stories that after reading leave me raw in the...
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The Perks of Country Life
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From Love and Death, the best first 3 minutes money can buy.
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October 2009
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