The three stories in this post are from the anthology My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, edited by Kate Bernheimer ( Read more... )

Three from recent issues of The New Yorker. In mid-June, the magazine started featuring "20 Under 40," twenty writers under the age of 40. It seems this will run through the fall. I'm behind on my New Yorker reading, and I'm not approaching the stories in any kind of order. Just whatever's next on the pile.

268. The Entire Northern Side Was Covered ( Read more... )

Another couple of batches -- I've been meaning to get to some of these for a few days, and other posts got in the way (plus some laziness).

STORIES

46. War by Jack London, The Library of America Story of the Week for February 25, 2010.
47. A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin, The Library of America Story of the Week for March 4, 2010.
I know, without a ( Read more... )

Trying to catch up.  I've done lots of reading, just not a lot of posting.

This short batch from fairly recent issues of The New Yorker (most of these are still on the magazine's website):

146: Full Glass by John Updike (May 26, 2008 issue):  I have a very hit-or-miss relationship with John Updike stories.  This one was more of a hit.  A retired man ( Read more... )