Page 1 of 2 pages
The short stories of the American writer Kate Chopin (1850-1904) are important precursors to twentieth-century modernism, and can be viewed as forerunners to the short fiction of Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, and other high modernists. Where other nineteenth-century writers tended to... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-12-28 15:00:24 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#virginia woolf
#katherine mansfield
#short fiction
If you need a break from the hustle and cheer of the holidays, there’s nothing better than the ultimate escapist genre: sci-fi. This year has been a good one for those who like their entertainment off-planet or otherwise removed from our reality. We finally got a Predator sequel that isn’t... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2022-12-26 14:15:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#pulitzer prize
#audiobook
#short fiction
#space exploration
#aural medium
As he releases his first short story collection, the revered writer talks about magic, the problem with superhero movies and why he will never write another graphic novelI’ve been enamoured of prose fiction for quite a long while,” says Alan Moore. He is speaking to me from his home in... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-07 09:00:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#science fiction
#short fiction
#40-year career
#professional career
#prose fiction
#superhero movies
#coming home
#back seat
#alan moore
What are the best short stories about the theme of motherhood? And who are the best mother characters in short fiction? Below, we select and introduce some of the most famous, and most widely studied, short stories which deal with the subject of mothers and motherhood. These stories range from […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-07-01 14:00:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#widely studied
#short fiction
Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines,... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-06-06 14:51:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#food writing
#travel writing
#short fiction
#american series
#guest editors
Tonight, The Story Prize announced that the 2021 winner is Brandon Taylor for Filthy Animals. The Story Prize’s $20,000 top prize is among the largest first-prize amounts of any annual U.S. book award for fiction. Now in it’s 18th year, The Story Prize annually honors the author of an... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-04-14 01:11:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book award
#filthy animals
#brandon taylor
#story prize
#short fiction
#18th year
Death is a common theme in literature, and many of the finest writers of short fiction have explored the fear, event, and aftermath of death using the short-story form. Below, we select and introduce ten of the very best classic short stories which have death as their theme, ranging from […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-01-19 15:00:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#introduce ten
#short-story form
#short fiction
#common theme
Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines,... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-19 15:00:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#food writing
#travel writing
#short fiction
#american series
#guest editors
Short stories are a complex form, one that author and professor Danielle Evans continues to show herself adept in. The ever-shifting opportunities of short fiction are evident in Evans’s work, from her debut collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self to her latest, The Office of... Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
[ Electric Literature | 2020-11-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#electric literature
#historical corrections
#debut collection
#short fiction
Since its publication in 1990, Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a linked collection of semi-autobiographical short stories about the Vietnam War, has become a modern classic—in fact, its title story is the most frequently anthologized piece of short fiction in the last three decades, and... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-03 15:27:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#literary hub
#short fiction
#title story
#vietnam war
Speak to us, oh lovers of short fiction: what are the most outstanding short stories you've read? Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-10-27 10:31:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
#short fiction
#riot recommendation
#ve read
One of the lesser known prizes for short fiction in Spain names its winner as Australia's high-profile Miles Franklin Literary Award issues its 2020 shortlist. The post Publishing Awards Notes: Madrid’s Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Angela Finn appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-26 17:54:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literature prize
#literary award
#short fiction
A new collection contains stories that cover a surprising amount of emotional territory but can still be read in a sitting. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-20 07:41:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#surprising amount
#short fiction
Sixty years after the legendary African American author’s death in relative obscurity, a new collection of short fiction has arrived. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-16 13:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short fiction
#relative obscurity
#sixty years
#guiding light
This is Crowley’s first collection of short fiction since 2004’s “Novelties & Souvenirs.” Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-06 22:40:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short fiction
Ashley Wurzbacher’s debut, “Happy Like This,” is among this fall’s standout story collections. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-15 09:00:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#national book foundation
#ashley wurzbacher
#short fiction
Indie publisher Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire have teamed up with the Northern Short Story Festival for the next Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 08:57:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indie publisher
#short fiction
#central lancashire
The debut book from Kristen Roupenian, whose New Yorker short story “Cat Person” went viral far beyond the scope of most short fiction when it was published earlier this month, has been sold to British publisher Jonathan Cape, the Guardian reports. Roupenian's short story collection, “You Know... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#guardian reports
#published earlier
#short fiction
#debut book
#cat person
#kristen roupenian
Among the books heating up around the globe this week are Raphaëlle Giordano's French bestseller, a debut Swedish thriller and a backlist novel by a Guatemalan author known best for his short fiction. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short fiction
#french bestseller
Now that Ted Chiang is super hot, let's read some of his short fiction for the month of February. The post WIRED Book Club: Loved Arrival? Check Out Ted Chiang's 'Story of Your Life' appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short fiction
#ted chiang