short story

  • Reading Journal

George Saunders’ “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline”

George Saunders' short story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was born in a minimum security prison in central Pennysylvania

4 years ago
  • On Literature, Books

William H. Gass’ “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country”

Reflections on the short story collection In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass

5 years ago
  • On Literature, Books

Patricia Highsmith’s “Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes”

The promise of unnatural catastrophes turns out not to be catastrophic nor unnatural enough

5 years ago