February 2017 favorites
Posted: February 28, 2017 Filed under: Favorites | Tags: Alice Munro, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, John Updike, Junot Diaz, Miranda July, O. Henry, Robert Flanagan, Roxane Gay, Stuart Dybek, Willa Cather Leave a comment
February 2017
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘We Didn’t’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘Separating’ by John Updike
- ‘A Retrieved Reformation’ by O. Henry
- ‘Postcard’ by Alice Munro
- ‘Aurora’ by Junot Diaz
- ‘Ligeia’ by Edgar Allan Poe
- ‘The Altar Of The Dead’ by Henry James
- ‘An Ounce Of Cure’ by Alice Munro
- ‘The Furnished Room’ by O. Henry
- ‘Transients In Arcadia’ by O. Henry
- ‘On The Gull’s Road’ by Willa Cather
- ‘The Skylight Room’ by O. Henry
- ‘How’ by Roxane Gay
- ‘Teller’s Ticket’ by Robert Flanagan
- ‘It Was Romance’ by Miranda July
- ‘The Romance Of A Busy Broker’ by O. Henry
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‘A Retrieved Reformation’ by O. Henry
Posted: February 24, 2017 Filed under: Short Story Magic Tricks | Tags: 1900s, A Retrieved Reformation, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, O. Henry, short stories Leave a comment
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‘The Romance Of A Busy Broker’ by O. Henry
Posted: February 23, 2017 Filed under: Short Story Magic Tricks | Tags: 1900s, American lit, American literature, analysis, comedy, criticism, fiction, New York City, O. Henry, short stories, The Romance Of A Busy Broker Leave a comment
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‘Transients In Arcadia’ by O. Henry
Posted: February 22, 2017 Filed under: Short Story Magic Tricks | Tags: 1900s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, New York City, O. Henry, short stories, Transients In Arcadia 1 Comment
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‘The Furnished Room’ by O. Henry
Posted: February 21, 2017 Filed under: Short Story Magic Tricks | Tags: 1900s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, O. Henry, short stories, The Furnished Room Leave a comment
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‘The Skylight Room’ by O. Henry
Posted: February 20, 2017 Filed under: Short Story Magic Tricks | Tags: 1900s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, New York City, O. Henry, short stories, The Skylight Room Leave a comment
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May 2016 favorites
Posted: May 31, 2016 Filed under: Favorites | Tags: Bernard Malamud, Bret Harte, Charles D'Ambrosio, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Isaac Babel, Janet Frame, Jerome Weidman, John Cheever, Langston Hughes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, Raymond Carver Leave a comment
May 2016
The May stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Story Of My Dovecote’ by Isaac Babel
- ‘The Swimmer’ by John Cheever
- ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ‘The Ransom Of Red Chief’ by O. Henry
- ‘The Luck Of Roaring Camp’ by Bret Harte
- ‘Drummond & Son’ by Charles D’Ambrosio
- ‘Thank You Ma’am’ by Langston Hughes
- ‘The Duplicity Of Hargraves’ by O. Henry
- ‘A Summer’s Reading’ by Bernard Malamud
- ‘The Swimmers’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ‘Prizes’ by Janet Frame
- ‘The Student’s Wife’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘My Father Sits In The Dark’ by Jerome Weidman
- ‘The Cop And The Anthem’ by O. Henry
- ‘Tobin’s Palm’ by O. Henry
- ‘The Clarion Call’ by O. Henry
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