I think a longer introduction to this exercise is needed to really pull out the reasons behind why I am attempting to read all of these stories. I shouldn’t say attempting, why I will read all is more like it.
I first discovered my attraction to the short story several years ago as I sat in a Laundromat early Saturday mornings. It was there, that I was able to read several stories in relative peace and really appreciate what the stories had to convey to me.
I will place the bulk of the blame for my addiction on the Journal “Glimmer Train”. We won’t see that name appear again for some time seeing that they didn’t start publishing until the early 1990’s.
Why 1978-2008? 30 years...it’s a nice number, and it’s the first year that the collection began to choose a different editor/selector every year. I also have the thought that as time goes by that I’ll change the 30 year to a new number and push back my starting year to 1972...my birth year.
So, enough with the introduction. Lets get to the reading and writing.
Before I dive into this wonderful little story, I’ll do what I always seem to do in these entries and wander down a path that has absolute...
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Stanley Elkin May 11, 1930 – May 31, 1995 Half way through the Best American Short Stories 1978, I find my favorite. A story that ... -
In the contributors notes Louie writes that this story is about his own displacement. I really enjoy what he has to say about the de... -
Grace Paley Dec. 11, 1922 – August 22 2007 To begin with, it was pleasant to see a story in this volume with the focus on a group of wo...