Zoran Zivkovic, a Serbian writer, has his short story collection “Steps Through the Mist” reviewed.
ZYZZYVA recaps the rejections that turned out to be mistakes, as well as quite a funny response to a rejection by Howard Junker himself.
Over at Ward Six there’s a discussion of the Alice Munro story “Material,” finishing up with commentary about the wisdom of using autobiographical material.
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I just wanted to say thanks for giving me the impetus to branch out and read some short stories. I had a long-held notion that short stories were unsatisfying because they offered less resolution than novels and tended to cut off in the middle of the action. (This is probably due to something I read around age 14 or so and I formed a mental rule around it 🙂 But after stopping by here, I’ve tried Tessa Hadley and Jim Shepard, and I enjoyed both very much. And the new Jhumpa Lahiri has just arrived from the library, so I’m looking forward to some time with it this weekend!
I’m not in the literary field at all but I have enjoyed the teasers into a less-visited writing format.
Thanks for reading, and glad you enjoyed the story collections – that’s what I’m all about here. 🙂