The New Yorker Fiction Forum
In 2009 I made it a goal to read all of the short fiction published in The New Yorker that year. Not only that, I made it a goal to write a brief summation of the story and of my verdict, posted here. It was a great exercise, but one thing was missing — your comments. Posting a slew of reviews at once had a nice effect, but it doesn’t necessarily give way for much discussion on any individual piece.
KevinfromCanada had the great idea of creating a forum to discuss the fiction pieces throughout the year. Well, here it is. During the year (hopefully as closely to each week as I can) I will create forums wherein we can discuss the fiction as it is published.
Click the links below to go to that short-fiction piece’s discussion forum where you will also find a link to the story on The New Yorker website.
March 22, 2010: Junot Díaz — “The Pura Principle”
March 15, 2010: David Means — “The Knocking”
March 8, 2010: Jennifer Egan — “Ask Me If I Care”
March 1, 2010: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh — “Appetite”
February 15 & 22, 2010: Claire Keegan — “Foster”
February 8, 2010: Roberto Bolaño — “William Burns”
February 1, 2010: Kevin Barry — “Fjord of Killary”
January 25, 2010: E.O. Wilson — “Trailhead”
January 18, 2010: T. Coraghessan Boyle — “A Death in Kitchawank”
January 11, 2010: Jennifer Egan — “Safari”
January 4, 2010: Uwem Akpan — “Baptizing the Gun”
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