The Penultimate Conjecture by Leonard Michaels, 1999 Continue reading
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‘Nachman At The Races’ by Leonard Michaels
Nachman At The Races by Leonard Michaels, 1999 Continue reading
‘Nachman Burning’ by Leonard Michaels
Nachman Burning by Leonard Michaels, 1998 Continue reading
July 2016 favorites
The July stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Blight’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘The Lesson’ by Jessamyn West
- ‘Pet Milk’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘Nachman’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘A Day In The Country’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘Mr. Parker’ by Laurie Colwin
- ‘Bottle Caps’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas’ by Ursula K. Le Guin
- ‘The Valiant Woman’ by J.F. Powers
- ‘Chopin In Winter’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘The Leader Of The People’ by John Steinbeck
- ‘Fat And Thin’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘Farwell’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘The Lottery Ticket’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘The Writer’s Trade’ by Nicholas Delbanco
- ‘Chameleon’ by Anton Chekhov
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‘Nachman’ by Leonard Michaels
Nachman by Leonard Michaels, 1998 Continue reading
July 2014 favorites
July 2014
The July stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
1. ‘Hot Ice’ by Stuart Dybek
2. ‘The Babysitter’ by Robert Coover
3. ‘Jeeves And The Impending Doom’ by P.G. Wodehouse
4. ‘A Solo Song: For Doc’ by James Alan McPherson
5. ‘City Boy’ by Leonard Michaels
6. ‘You’re Ugly, Too’ by Lorrie Moore
7. ‘The Flats Road’ by Alice Munro
8. ‘Greasy Lake’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
9. ‘Train’ by Joy Williams
10. ‘Testimony Of Pilot’ by Barry Hannah
11. ‘The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan
12. ‘Liars In Love’ by Richard Yates
13. ‘How To Date A Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, Or Halfie)’ by Junot Diaz
14. ‘A Poetics For Bullies’ by Stanley Elkin
15. ‘Greenwich Time’ by Ann Beattie
16. ‘Pretty Ice’ by Mary Robison
17. ‘Lechery’ by Jayne Anne Phillips
18. ‘Here Come The Maples’ by John Updike
19. ‘Territory’ by David Leavitt
20. ‘Bridging’ by Max Apple
21. ‘The Circling Hand’ by Jamaica Kincaid
22. ‘Are These Actual Miles?’ by Raymond Carver
23. ‘The Other Wife’ by Colette
24. ‘A.V. Laider’ by Max Beerbohm
25. ‘White Rat’ by Gayl Jones
26. ‘Search Through The Streets Of The City’ by Irwin Shaw
27. ‘The Dead Man’ by Horacio Quiroga
28. ‘A Life In The Day Of A Writer’ by Tess Slesinger
29. ‘In The Heart Of The Heart Of The Country’ by William Gass
30. ‘The Indian Uprising’ by Donald Barthelme
31. ‘The Facts Of Life’ by Somerset Maugham
‘City Boy’ by Leonard Michaels
City Boy by Leonard Michaels, 1969 Continue reading


