YEARS OF BASS

The Best American Short Stories 1992 - Introduction

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Start the clock.  I'm notorious for taking years to read these anthologies. We are 15 books in to this series starting with 1978 b...

A Conclusion

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I can’t count the number of times I’ve started this entry in my head. I finished the last story in this edition quite some time ago s...

A Sandstone Farmhouse – John Updike

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Well hello there Mr. Updike! Our society has changed quite a bit since we first met back in January 2010 . You were in 1980, and yo...

Dog Stories – Francine Prose

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“Dog Stories” comes partly out of my continuing interest in the way people tell their stories – in this case, stories about dogs. …...
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American, Abroad – Joyce Carol Oates

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Sitting on this book again.  Work and life continue to get in the way. How many times can I use that excuse? I can’t keep using...

Willing – Lorrie Moore

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What I recognize and appreciate about Moore’s writing is that I find it very accessible.  In a story that Moore cal...

Viva La Tropicana – Leonard Michaels

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 (January 2, 1933 - May 10, 2003) What a fun story. Michaels wrote in the Contributor’s Notes, that this story wrote itsel...
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