Content tagged shortstory

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Not ideal: Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain” apparently used to be at this URL, but it’s (effectively) a 404 now. The … gulfstream/1966

short story, *strongly* reminiscent of J.D. Salinger. Plot, execution, characters (Nicole Bonner a 19-year-old Esmé?), it all fits.  … gulfstream/348

clunky, awkward sci-fi short story written by John McCarthy, the inventor of (the programming language) LISP gulfstream/455

McSweeney’s and the short story. McSweeney’s, supposedly an outlet for stories not fitting the mould of the “New Yorker short story” … gulfstream/1103

Martin Amis short story: “As one of the doubles of the son of the dictator, I am often to be found in the Palace of the End.” (The body doubles … gulfstream/1423

Close & instructive analysis of two versions of a Raymond Carver short story. gulfstream/1593

So great Jonathan Franzen short story … which mostly survives not being a short story at all—it’s more a collection of short paragraphs. … gulfstream/1611

Long Annie Proulx piece on how she felt about her short story “Brokeback Mountain” being made into a film. On Ang Lee: “I was nervous … gulfstream/1967