Blogs about: John Cheever
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Q&A With David A. Taylor, <em>Soul of a People</em>
David A. Taylor’s Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America is an excellent study of the personalities behind the Federal Writers’ Project, which attract… more →
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes
john cheever on why he wrote short stories in his underwear
wrote 1 week ago: "a great many of the stories in my current collection were written in my underwear" Why I … more →
Mad About "Mad Men" and Katonah!
wrote 2 weeks ago: Now that we have to wait for the next season of Mad Men, you may enjoy my reflections on growing up … more →
James Kaelen's Best of 2009
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wrote 3 weeks ago: When John asked me to compose some sort of “best of” list for 2009, I thought immediatel … more →
Saturday Book Review Round-Up
wrote 1 month ago: It’s an unexpectedly abbreviated round-up today as everyone is creating their Christmas lists. … more →
Weekend Bites: Sam Lipsyte to Tour With LCD Soundsystem?, Eno on Uncool, Harry Smith, Cheever's Biography, Airplanes Saving Magazines, and More
wrote 1 month ago: Next time we do bites, the Rick Moody/Electric Literature Twitter Fiction project shall begin. Sam L … more →
The Book Buying Ban... The Update (Part II)
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wrote 1 month ago: Only earlier this week I mentioned that though it was in many ways painful and was taking some serio … more →
Alcolismi
wrote 1 month ago: Nel weekend giustamente si chiude bottega, ma vedo che nessuno sta considerando più di tanto l … more →
haiku for The Swimmer (John Cheever lives on)
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wrote 1 month ago: Continuity, BlackBerry Shots, pool near Clarks Hill Lake, Georgia, October 2009, all photos © 2009 b … more →
words...
wrote 1 month ago: Reunion by John Cheever “The short story “Reunion” by John Cheever is about a young boy named … more →
John Cheever
wrote 2 months ago: (Paul Hosefros/ The New York Times) I love to read biographies of writers and nearly always have one … more →
Sunday Morning Back Matter
wrote 2 months ago: Sometimes things elude my notice on my Saturday round-up. These are those things. Ted HughesThe lett … more →
A Tragic Honesty
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wrote 2 months ago: I just finished reading A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates by Blake Baily (who has … more →
The Idiot Monster and the News
wrote 2 months ago: ROCHESTER, MN – That our news media is busted will come as no surprise to consumers of vanishi … more →
Writing Without a Reader is Like a Kiss Without a Partner
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wrote 2 months ago: I do so enjoy getting fan mail! How wonderful to wake up to a message such as this: I just finished … more →
Daylight Savings (and Loan)
wrote 2 months ago: We delight at the “extra hour” on the night of the Daylight Savings Time shift in Fall. … more →
From Drawer To Store
wrote 2 months ago: John Cheever’s Journals are out as The Guardian lets us know. Geoff Dyer says while some write … more →
Short Stories
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wrote 2 months ago: One of my favorite things to do these days is to wake up early, make coffee, and crawl back into bed … more →
storytellers
wrote 2 months ago: It’s funny how what you’re exposed to becomes so inter-referential once you have your ey … more →
The Art of SUBTEXT
wrote 2 months ago: from the author of The Believers Paperback: 182 pages Publisher: Graywolf Press, 2007 ISBN-13 … more →
