Click here to see the bracket<\/a>, which includes all match-up and calendar information in graphic form. I will be updating this as the tournament proceeds.<\/p>\nMookse Madness Groups<\/b><\/p>\n
These were organized by a strict system. To get the groups I organized the stories by author’s first name and then went down the list — 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Once the groups were created, I seeded them by author’s birth year. The oldest author on our list? Balzac, who, born in 1799, is our only pre-1800s author. The youngest? Maile Meloy, born in 1972.<\/p>\n
Bracket 1: The Nutshell<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Saki: \u201cThe Open Window\u201d
\n2. Katherine Mansfield: \u201cThe Fly\u201d
\n3. Jean Rhys: \u201cLa Grosse Fifi\u201d
\n4. Vladimir Nabokov: \u201cSigns and Symbols\u201d
\n5. Elizabeth Bowen: \u201cThe Demon Lover\u201d
\n6. Frank O\u2019Connor: \u201cMichael\u2019s Wife\u201d
\n7. Julio Cort\u00e1zar: \u201cThe Island at Noon\u201d
\n8. John McGahern: \u201cThe Beginning of an Idea\u201d
\n9. Annie Proulx: \u201cThem Old Cowboy Songs\u201d
\n10. Tim O\u2019Brien: \u201cThe Things They Carried”
\n11. Ian McEwan: \u201cDead as They Come\u201d
\n12. Amy Bloom: \u201cThe Story\u201d
\n13. Alice Eliot Dark: \u201cIn the Gloaming\u201d
\n14. Louise Erdrich: \u201cSister Godzilla\u201d
\n15. Neil Gaiman: \u201cShoggoth\u2019s Old Peculiar\u201d
\n16. Claire Keegan: \u201cFoster\u201d<\/p>\n
Bracket 2: The Breviloquent<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Honor\u00e9 de Balzac: \u201cA Passion in the Desert\u201d
\n2. Willa Cather: \u201cPaul\u2019s Case\u201d
\n3. Sherwood Anderson: \u201cDeath in the Woods\u201d
\n4. Franz Kafka: \u201cIn the Penal Colony\u201d
\n5. Jorge Luis Borges: \u201cThe Lottery of Babylon\u201d
\n6. Elizabeth Taylor: \u201cA Dedicated Man\u201d
\n7. Isaac Asimov: \u201cNightfall\u201d
\n8. Kurt Vonnegut: \u201cHarrison Bergeron\u201d
\n9. Alice Munro: \u201cThe Bear Came Over the Mountain\u201d
\n10. Andre Dubus: \u201cA Father\u2019s Story\u201d
\n11. Deborah Eisenberg: \u201cMermaids\u201d
\n12. Tobias Wolf: \u201cIn the Garden of the North American Martyrs\u201d
\n13. Roald Dahl: \u201cA Man from the South\u201d
\n14. George Saunders: \u201cThe Semplica-Girl Diaries\u201d
\n15. Jhumpa Lahiri: \u201cA Temporary Matter\u201d
\n16. Maile Meloy: \u201cTravis, B.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bracket 3: The Petite<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Edgar Allan Poe: \u201cThe Tell-Tale Heart\u201d
\n2. Kate Chopin: \u201cA Pair of Silk Stockings\u201d
\n3. Guy de Maupassant: \u201cThe Necklace\u201d
\n4. Isaac Babel: \u201cThe Story of My Dovecoat\u201d
\n5. William Faulkner: \u201cA Rose for Emily\u201d
\n6. Eudora Whelty: \u201cDeath of a Travelling Salesman\u201d
\n7. Robert Aickman: \u201cThe Inner Room\u201d
\n8. Leonora Carrington: \u201cThe Debutante\u201d
\n9. Truman Capote: \u201cA Tree of Night\u201d
\n10. Alistair MacLeod: \u201cThe Boat\u201d
\n11. Margaret Atwood: \u201cRape Fantasies\u201d
\n12. Bharati Mukherjee: \u201cThe Management of Grief\u201d
\n13. Stephen Millhauser: \u201cEisenheim the Illusionist\u201d
\n14. Joy Williams: \u201cThe Skater\u201d
\n15. Andrea Barrett: \u201cServants of the Map\u201d
\n16. Jill McCorkle: \u201cIntervention\u201d<\/p>\n
Bracket 4: The Laconic<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Ambrose Bierce: \u201cAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u201d
\n2. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: \u201cThe Yellow Wallpaper\u201d
\n3. Jack London: \u201cTo Build a Fire\u201d
\n4. Katherine Anne Porter: \u201cThe Grave\u201d
\n5. H.P. Lovecraft: \u201cThe Call of Cthulhu\u201d
\n6. Tillie Olsen: \u201cI Stand Here Ironing\u201d
\n7. Mavis Gallant: \u201cDede\u201d
\n8. Flannery O\u2019Connor: \u201cA Good Man Is Hard to Find\u201d
\n9. William Trevor: \u201cThe Piano Tuner\u2019s Wives\u201d
\n10. Ursula K. LeGuin: \u201cThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas\u201d
\n11. Edna O\u2019Brien: \u201cSister Imelda\u201d
\n12. John Gardner: \u201cRedemption\u201d
\n13. Joyce Carol Oates: \u201cWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been\u201d
\n14. Angela Carter: \u201cThe Bloody Chamber\u201d
\n15. Roberto Bola\u00f1o: \u201cGomez Palacio\u201d
\n16. Lorrie Moore: \u201cPeople Like That Are the Only People Here\u201d<\/p>\n
Mookse Madness 2018 Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n
The following is our calendar of events. Last year the matches were open for three days (four at the beginning!), and I felt that was too long; consequently, this year each match will be for two days only! The first round is going to be busy and messy. We have to get through 32 matches as quickly as possible, with four opening each day for over a week. That’s why we call this madness! Things will slow down — a bit — after that. For the schedule of each and every match, see the full bracket linked to above.<\/p>\n
Round 1: 64 Books<\/strong>
\n–Feb. 26:<\/span> 1. The Open Window v. 16. Foster
\n–Feb. 26:<\/span> 8. Harrison Bergeron v. 9. The Bear Came Over the Mountain
\n–Feb. 26:<\/span> 4. The Story of My Dovecoat v. 13. Eisenheim the Illusionist
\n–Feb. 26:<\/span> 6. I Stand Here Ironing v. 11. Sister Imelda<\/p>\n–Feb. 27:<\/span> 7. The Island at Noon v. 10. The Things They Carried
\n–Feb. 27:<\/span> 7. Nightfall v. 10. A Father’s Story
\n–Feb. 27:<\/span> 3. The Necklace v. 14. The Skater
\n–Feb. 27:<\/span> 8. A Good Man Is Hard to Find v. 9. The Piano Tuner’s Wives<\/p>\n–Feb. 28:<\/span> 6. Michael’s Wife v. 11. Dead as They Come
\n–Feb. 28:<\/span> 5. The Lottery of Babylon v. 12. In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
\n–Feb. 28:<\/span> 1. The Tell-Tale Heart v. 16. Intervention
\n–Feb. 28:<\/span> 2. The Yellow Wallpaper v. 15. Gomez Palacio<\/p>\n–Mar. 1:<\/span> 5. The Demon Lover v. 12. The Story
\n–Mar. 1:<\/span> 3. Death in the Woods v. 14. The Semplica-Girl Diaries
\n–Mar. 1:<\/span> 5. A Rose for Emily v. 12. The Management of Grief
\n–Mar. 1:<\/span> 5. The Call of Cthulhu v. 12. Redemption<\/p>\n–Mar. 2:<\/span> 3. La Grosse Fifi v. 14. Sister Godzilla
\n–Mar. 2:<\/span> 2. Paul’s Case v. 15. A Temporary Matter
\n–Mar. 2:<\/span> 7. The Inner Room v. 10. The Boat
\n–Mar. 2:<\/span> 3. To Build a Fire v. 14. The Bloody Chamber<\/p>\n–Mar. 3:<\/span> 8. The Beginning of an Idea v. 9. Them Old Cowboy Songs
\n–Mar. 3:<\/span> 6. A Dedicated Man v. 11. Mermaids
\n–Mar. 3:<\/span> 2. A Pair of Silk Stockings v. 15. Servants of the Map
\n–Mar. 3:<\/span> 7. Dede v. 10. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas<\/p>\n–Mar. 4:<\/span> 2. The Fly v. 15. Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar
\n–Mar. 4:<\/span> 4. In the Penal Colony v. 13. A Man from the South
\n–Mar. 4:<\/span> 6. Death of a Travelling Salesman v. 11. Rape Fantasies
\n–Mar. 4:<\/span> 4. The Grave v. 13. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been<\/p>\n–Mar. 5:<\/span> 4. Signs and Symbols v. 13. In the Gloaming
\n–Mar. 5:<\/span> 1. A Passion in the Desert v. 16. Travis, B.
\n–Mar. 5:<\/span> 8. The Debutante v. 9. A Tree of Night
\n–Mar. 5:<\/span> 1. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge v. 16. People Like That Are the Only People Here<\/p>\nRound 2:<\/strong> 32 Stories. Matches begin on March 8
\nRound 3:<\/strong> 16 Stories. Matches begin on March 18
\nRound 4:<\/strong> 8 Stories. Matches begin on March 24
\nRound 5:<\/strong> 4 Stories. Matches begin on March 30
\nRound 6:<\/strong> The Finals, The Championship Match: April 3<\/p>\n
\nFor me, the toughest matches are in The Laconic group. And two of my all-time favorite stories — “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “The Piano Tuner’s Wives” — are fighting in the first round! That’s just awful! It’s what we sign up for, though, I suppose, when we do something this silly. Please join in!<\/p>\n
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