tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post5613514128445835192..comments2024-03-28T03:28:45.346-04:00Comments on Red Room Library: Does anyone read short stories these days?Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08691684350360442014noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post-54019332187994595622007-11-13T12:02:00.000-05:002007-11-13T12:02:00.000-05:00I am a huge short story fan. As I have more of an ...I am a huge short story fan. As I have more of an affinity for new lit. It took me a while to find authors that I enjoy (I high recommend The Summer Before The Summer of Love, one of my favorites), I've learned to cheat a bit...each year there is an anthology that comes out each year of Great Short Stories...although you can't refute the classics...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655340897637604732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post-82315529738772150752007-11-02T15:19:00.000-04:002007-11-02T15:19:00.000-04:00Great tip about the podcast! Thanks, Brian! Also, ...Great tip about the podcast! Thanks, Brian! <BR/><BR/>Also, The Lottery Winner and To Build a Fire are two great, great short stories.<BR/><BR/>Here I go to read a few of the ones I haven't read yet!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691684350360442014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post-5729651604120262002007-11-02T11:31:00.000-04:002007-11-02T11:31:00.000-04:00I hope you also listen to Selected Shorts. Great ...I hope you also listen to Selected Shorts. Great short stories every week! I don't think it airs on public radio in Atlanta, but you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or at http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts/shorts_radioBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729138123663631253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post-88908079742793833362007-11-02T10:11:00.000-04:002007-11-02T10:11:00.000-04:00Hmmm. Good question. Some of yours would be on m...Hmmm. Good question. Some of yours would be on my list, too.<BR/><BR/>A Rose for Emily - William Faulkner<BR/>The Necklace - Guy de Maupassant<BR/>The Bridle - Raymond Carver<BR/>Four Summers - Joyce Carol Oates<BR/>Shiloh- Bobbie Ann Mason<BR/>The Catbird Seat - James Thurber<BR/>The Dead - James Joyce<BR/>The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Mark Twain<BR/>Rappaccini's Daughter - Nathaniel Hawthorne<BR/><BR/>Okay, that's nine, and I'm having trouble. Several are coming to mind (like "The Lottery," and "To Build a Fire" by Jack London), but are they truly favorites, or just memorable, and is that the same thing?<BR/><BR/>Alison Macleod listed "The Rocking Horse Winner." I wouldn't list that as a favorite, but it triggered a lively discussion in one of my college literature classes.Staci Eastinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107996901556804274noreply@blogger.com