Short stories
Publishing the Next Generation of American Writers.
Gordon Lish, editor of The Quarterly, a journal of new American writing. He's a leading exponent of the minimalist style of writing.
A Novella and Short Story from Critic and Writer Cynthia Ozick.
Book Critic John Leonard reviews The Shawl, which contains a short story and a novella by writer Cynthia Ozick.
Stephanie Vaughn Discusses Growing Up on Army Bases.
Short story writer Stephanie Vaughn. Her first collection of stories is "Sweet Talk." Most of these stories chronicle the childhood, youth, and adulthood of Gemma, the daughter of a career army man. The New York Times says Vaughn "emerges as a thoroughly original writer, blessed with a distinctive voice, by turns witty and lyrical, wisecracking and nostalgic." Vaughn's stories first appeared in "The New Yorker," and in the O. Henry and Pushcart Prize collections. ("Sweet Talk" is published by Random House.)
A Horror Story that Sticks with You
Commentator Maureen Corrigan tells us about a short horror story that has haunted her through the years -- "August Heat" by W.F. Harvey.
Early Work From a Controversial German Author
Book critic Joh Leonard reviews two new books by Germany writer Christa Wolff, "What Remains & Other Stories," and "The Author's Dimension."
A Horror Story that Sticks with You
Commentator Maureen Corrigan tells us about the short horror story that has haunted her through the years. (It's "August Heat," by W.F. Harvey).(Rebroadcast from 8/20/92).
The "Pork Pie Hat of the Avant-Garde" Recites His Work
Rock Critic Kent Tucker reviews "Call Me Burroughs," the new collection of readings by William Burroughs.
A Spellbinding Collection Features Funny, Neurotic Characters
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new collection of stories by Julie Hecht, "Do the Window's Open?"
Gina Berriault Deserves Her Delayed Literary Fame
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Gina Berriault's new collection of short stories "Women in their Beds."
Writer Richard Ford on Anton Chekhov.
Richard Ford, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the novel "Independence Day," has edited and collected a new selection of short stories by the great Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov. It's called "The Essential Tales of Chekhov" (Ecco Press)