A.O. Scott gives a nice shout out to the craft of American short stories in the New York Times, particularly praising, Flannery O’Connor, John Cheever, and Donald Barthelme. For more on Cheever, Slate ran a review of his newest biography. If the article piques your interest about Barthelme, check out McSweeney’s 24 with a special section dedicated to our favorite postmodern story story writer. Scott also nicely nods to Wells Towers’ Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, which The Rumpus reviewed.
