The Johnson Girls by Toni Cade Bambara, 1972 Continue reading
Tag: Raymond Carver
April 2019 favorites
April 2019
The April stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Springs Of Affection’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘In The Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘When It’s Human Instead Of When It’s Dog’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘My Man Bovanne’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘The Carpet With The Big Pink Roses On It’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘Stories Of Africa’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘The Lesson’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘The Sofa’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘Happy Birthday’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘Sweet Town’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘The Eldest Child’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘The Children’s Party’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘The Twelfth Wedding Anniversary’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘A Matter Of Time’ by Frank London Brown
- ‘The Shadow Of Kindness’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘Love, Death, And The Ladies’ Drill Team’ by Jessamyn West
- ‘Tonight Is A Favor To Holly’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘The Worm In The Apple’ by John Cheever
- ‘The Mysteries Of Life In An Orderly Manner’ by Jessamyn West
- ‘Weekend’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘Popular Mechanics’ by Raymond Carver
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‘Popular Mechanics’ by Raymond Carver
Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver, 1978 Continue reading
February 2019 favorites
February 2019
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Ultima Thule’ by Vladimir Nabokov
- ‘On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning’ by Haruki Murakami
- ‘Silences’ by Helen Elaine Lee
- ‘A Losing Game’ by J.F. Powers
- ‘Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘City Lovers’ by Nadine Gordimer
- ‘Violets’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘The Anatomy Of Desire’ by John L’Heureux
- ‘The Actual Thing’ by William Maxwell
- ‘Tennessee’s Partner’ by Bret Harte
- ‘One Friday Morning’ by Langston Hughes
- ‘After Twenty Years’ by O. Henry
- ‘In A House Of Wooden Monkeys’ by Shay Youngblood
- ‘Jerry And Molly And Sam’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘The MYMan Solution’ by Helen Phillips
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‘Jerry And Molly And Sam’ by Raymond Carver
Jerry And Molly And Sam by Raymond Carver, 1972 Continue reading
March 2018 favorites
March 2018
The March stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber’ by Ernest Hemingway
- ‘The Wide Net’ by Eudora Welty
- ‘Attracta’ by William Trevor
- ‘Folie À Deux’ by William Trevor
- ‘The Woman Of The House’ by William Trevor
- ‘After The Denim’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘The Midnight Zone’ by Lauren Groff
- ‘Of The Cloth’ by William Trevor
- ‘Probably Shakespeare’ by Jessamyn West
- ‘A Meeting In Middle Age’ by William Trevor
- ‘About Jessie Mae’ by James Purdy
- ‘Filial Sentiments Of A Parricide’ by Marcel Proust
- ‘My Mother’ by Andre Gide
- ‘Fable’ by Charles Yu
- ‘Three Short Moments In A Long Life’ by John L’Heureux
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‘After The Denim’ by Raymond Carver
After The Denim by Raymond Carver, 1981 Continue reading
July 2017 favorites
July 2017
The July stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Death And The Compass’ by Jorge Luis Borges
- ‘Why I Live At The P.O.’ by Eudora Welty
- ‘Cathedral’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘The Whole Town’s Sleeping’ by Ray Bradbury
- ‘Water Liars’ by Barry Hannah
- ‘A Case Of Identity’ by Arthur Conan Doyle
- ‘The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest’ by Agatha Christie
- ‘Coming Close To Donna’ by Barry Hannah
- ‘The Blind Man’ by D.H. Lawrence
- ‘Midnight And I’m Not Famous Yet’ by Barry Hannah
- ‘The Oracle Of The Dog’ by G.K. Chesterton
- ‘Even Greenland’ by Barry Hannah
- ‘Republica Y Grau’ by Daniel Alarcón
- ‘Good Boys Deserve Favors’ by Neil Gaiman
- ‘North Coast’ by Thomas McGuane
- ‘Trek’ by Barry Hannah
- ‘Cowardice’ by Abdeslam Boulaich
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‘Cathedral’ by Raymond Carver
Cathedral by Raymond Carver, 1982 Continue reading
August 2016 favorites
August 2016
The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Vanishing American’ by Leslie Parry
- ‘Chef’s House’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘Of Mystery There Is No End’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘Nachman From Los Angeles’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘Vitamins’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘The Embassy Of Cambodia’ by Zadie Smith
- ‘Nachman At The Races’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘Scheherazade’ by Haruki Murakami
- ‘The Penultimate Conjecture’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘Cryptology’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘Passing’ by Langston Hughes
- ‘Preservation’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘Nachman Burning’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘1-900’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘Fever’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘The Gilded Six-Bits’ by Zora Neale Hurston
- ‘(I Thought My Father Looked Like FDR)’ by George Chambers
- ‘The Train’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘Chablis’ by Donald Barthelme
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