{"id":14813,"date":"2015-01-12T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=14813"},"modified":"2015-01-12T14:27:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:27:35","slug":"2014-story-prize-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/01\/12\/2014-story-prize-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Story Prize Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/12\\\/2014-story-prize-finalists\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:&quot;6298455&quot;}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 567px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"567\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 347px; 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height: 563px;\" \/> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 376px; height: 567px;\" data-original-width=\"376\" data-original-height=\"567\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"372\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"563\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"14816\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Other-Language.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"314,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Other Language\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Other-Language.jpg?fit=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Other-Language.jpg?fit=314%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Other-Language.jpg?w=372&#038;h=563&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Other-Language.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Other-Language.jpg?fit=314%2C475&amp;ssl=1 314w\" width=\"372\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"372\" data-original-height=\"563\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"The Other Language\" alt=\"The Other Language\" style=\"width: 372px; height: 563px;\" \/> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Today, The Story Prize announced its three finalists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Other Language<\/em>, by Francesca Marciano<\/li>\n<li><em>Thunderstruck<\/em>, by Elizabeth McCracken<\/li>\n<li><em>Bark<\/em>, by Lorrie Moore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As stated in its announcement (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestoryprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), these three books were chosen from 129 submitted. The winner will be announced on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>I have read some of the stories in Lorrie Moore&#8217;s collection, but that&#8217;s it. John Self has a review (<a href=\"http:\/\/theasylum.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/13\/lorrie-moore-bark\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) of <em>Bark<\/em> and a\u00a0link (<a href=\"http:\/\/theasylum.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/30\/elizabeth-mccracken-thunderstruck-and-other-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)\u00a0to his review of <em>Thunderstruck<\/em> that he wrote for <em>The Independent<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three finalists for the 2014 Story Prize have been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/01\/12\/2014-story-prize-finalists\/\"><u>Read the full 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