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‘Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening’ by Megan Abbott

Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening by Megan Abbott, 2007 Continue reading →

October 18, 2024August 29, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 2000s, Akashic Books, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, Detroit, fiction, Grosse Pointe, Megan Abbott, Michigan, noir, Our Eyes Couldn't Stop Opening, short stories Leave a comment

‘College Town, 1980’ by Mary Gaitskill

College Town, 1980 by Mary Gaitskill, 2007 Continue reading →

November 5, 2023August 24, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 2000s, American lit, American literature, analysis, College Town 1980, criticism, fiction, Mary Gaitskill, Michigan, short stories Leave a comment

‘Gryphon’ by Charles Baxter

Gryphon by Charles Baxter, 1985 Continue reading →

August 14, 2023September 13, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1980s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Charles Baxter, criticism, fiction, Gryphon, Michigan, short stories Leave a comment

‘Detroit Skyline, 1949’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

Detroit Skyline, 1949 by Bobbie Ann Mason, 1981 Continue reading →

February 3, 2022September 20, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1980s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Bobbie Ann Mason, Communism, criticism, Detroit, Detroit Skyline 1949, fiction, Kentucky, Michigan, short stories Leave a comment

‘Haircut’ by Ring Lardner

Haircut by Ring Lardner, 1925 Continue reading →

February 1, 2022October 14, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1920s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Haircut, Michigan, Ring Lardner, short stories Leave a comment

‘Through The Safety Net’ by Charles Baxter

Through The Safety Net by Charles Baxter, 1985 Continue reading →

January 31, 2022October 13, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1980s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Charles Baxter, criticism, Detroit, fiction, Michigan, short stories, Through The Safety Net Leave a comment

‘The Dead’ by Joyce Carol Oates

The Dead by Joyce Carol Oates, 1972 Continue reading →

November 16, 2020November 2, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1970s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Buffalo, criticism, Detroit, fiction, Joyce Carol Oates, Michigan, short stories, The Dead 1 Comment

‘Tiny Smiling Daddy’ by Mary Gaitskill

Tiny Smiling Daddy by Mary Gaitskill, 1997 Continue reading →

November 19, 2018August 26, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1990s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Mary Gaitskill, Michigan, short stories, Tiny Smiling Daddy 1 Comment

‘Uncle Raymond’ by Nelson Eubanks

Uncle Raymond by Nelson Eubanks, 2002 Continue reading →

December 16, 2017October 2, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 2000s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Flint, Michigan, Nelson Eubanks, short stories, Uncle Raymond Leave a comment

‘Landfill’ by Joyce Carol Oates

Landfill by Joyce Carol Oates, 2006 Continue reading →

October 16, 2017August 26, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 2000s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Joyce Carol Oates, Landfill, Michigan, short stories 2 Comments

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