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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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