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Sherwood Anderson: “Hands”

June 20, 2013

This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “Hands” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. When I think of Winesburg, Ohio, I think of “Hands” and its subject, Wing Biddlebaum.

Sherwood Anderson: “The Book of the Grotesque”

June 19, 2013

This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “The Book of the Grotesque” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. Winesburg, Ohio begins with “The Book of the Grotesque,” a

Saki: The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories

June 18, 2013

Trevor reviews Saki’s The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories. Read the full post.

Thomas McGuane: “Stars”

June 17, 2013

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Thomas McGuane’s “Stars” was originally published in the June 24, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. I have read this already, but as I’m on holiday I’m not sure when I’ll be able to post my thoughts. Soon

Cormac McCarthy: “Scenes of the Crime”

June 14, 2013

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Cormac McCarthy’s “Scenes of the Crime” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Cormac McCarthy’s “Scenes of the Crime” is included in this fiction issue and isn’t

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