Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The two-day Akhil Bharatiya Mahila Sahitya Samagam, organized under the joint aegis of Vama Sahitya Manch, ended on Thursday. The conference was organized during the third year in collaboration with the Sahitya Akademi, Department of Culture of Madhya Pradesh. Book authors and storytellers from across the country participated in the program. Five […]
Here Comes John (1993), Bridget O’Connor’s first storybook, blew like a great wind in 1993 – smart, stylish, very funny, even a little cruel at times, giving him more than a whiff of danger. . His voice was unforgettable, his ear close to the ground of contemporary demotic, a rare working-class voice as rebellious as […]
Tired of browsing Netflix looking for something to watch Through ROB MERRILL Associate Press April 12, 2021, 3:31 PM • 3 minutes to read Share on FacebookShare on twitterEmail this article “The Remembrance Museum”, by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco) If you’ve had enough of trying to pick something to watch on one of your half-dozen streaming […]
“The Remembrance Museum”, by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco) If you’re tired of trying to pick something to watch on one of your half-dozen streaming services, maybe it’s time to read a short story instead. They may just be the perfect antidote for over looking. Elizabeth McCracken’s latest collection, “The Souvenir Museum”, is a good place to […]
This cover image published by Ecco shows “The Souvenir Museum” by Elizabeth McCracken. (Eco via AP) This cover image published by Ecco shows “The Souvenir Museum” by Elizabeth McCracken. (Eco via AP) “The Museum of Remembrance”, by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco) If you’re tired of trying to choose something to watch on one of your half-dozen […]
Short stories are like a steaming mug perfectly infused with Adarakwali Chai a winter afternoon. It’s over before you know it. As you suck in a bit more you hold the hot cup between your palms but cherish the aftertaste and in the meantime you don’t need anything else. With many of us reading on […]
A brilliant and award-winning fiction writer, Brad watson his family and friends will remember his sense of humor, sharp intelligence, honesty, empathy, sheer genuineness, and his smile, which was often sly as though he was up to something. For his friends, the only thing better than reading Brad’s stories was listening to them: stories that […]
“I deeply hate short story books – lousy trash bags full of failed novels from writers too lazy to carry their offspring.” This was Frankie Gaffney’s introduction to his review of June Caldwell’s Room Little Darker, which he later praised, but I can’t help but think that some novelists should end their limp works. Modern […]
The barrier between comics and prose has long been a shallow divide, with acclaimed talents like Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill rushing between mediums so nimbly that either “team” would claim them as their own. Some novelists, like Marjorie Liu and Duane Swierczynski, get into comics and barely look back. Others, like recent Marvel recruits […]