A World Almost Rotten: The Fiction Of William Gay
The great Southern novelist and story writer William Gay died at his home in Hohenwald, Tennessee, on February 23rd of this year, at the age of 70.
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The Rumpus Interview with Caitlin Horrocks
Each fall, in graduate assistant offices across the country, minor bets are cast the week the first batch of undergraduate stories come in, and they go something like this: Who will get the most zombie stories? Which student will hand in the first Twilight send-up? Will we get more vampires or pirates this semester?
...moreAttention Spans are Not the Problem
A few weeks ago, I argued that the Internet age was uniquely well suited to selling short story collections. A few commenters did not agree with what seemed to be implicit in my argument: the idea that the “short attention span” or “ADD” culture is in fact better for short stories.
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Welcome to Saturday everyone.
Warning: following this link might make you question humanity for the rest of the day. Hint–it involves Twilight and a dildo. Via Slog the Stranger. More Edward Cullen madness at Geekologie.
For crying out loud, some movies don’t need to be remade.
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