Bookslut interviews the editor of One Story.
Members of the Society of Slow Readers, take heart!
A discussion of another short story turned movie over at Columbia University Press — Eileen Chang’s story “Se, jie,” which was turned into the movie “Lust, Caution.” (via Conversational Reading)
A new issue of Bookforum is out, including a review of “The Girl on the Fridge,” Etgar Keret’s latest collection of short stories, as well as a review of Nam Le’s “The Boat.” Finally, check out the interview with Jhumpa Lahiri, whose new collection of short stories, “Unaccustomed Earth,” comes out in April.