false 1363373 1 ...Each of Claudia Smith's short shorts is a tilted memory of love and loss [...] There is a natural accuracy in these brief narratives; the stories are short; her voice is true.<BR> -Ron Carlson<P> Lyric and gritty, glowing and graceful, <i>The Sky Is a Well and Other Shorts</i> is a complex and compact collection from Claudia Smith, funny-sad master of the short short form. Evocative of places and times long gone or going, the ephemera of memory and emotion, youth and age, each story unfolds like a song on a concept album the pieces can stand alone, but together they blend into a seamless whole you ll want to hear again and again.<P> <i>The Sky Is a Well and Other Shorts</i> is the winner of the Rose Metal Press first annual short short story chapbook contest, judged by Ron Carlson. The chapbook has 2-color letterpressed covers, designed by Rebecca Krzyzaniak, and the binding for each book is saddle-sewn by hand. 1353177 2 7 2007 The Sky is a Well and Other Shorts total:36|5:34|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 36 178 49 13 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 14:47:35 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 14:58:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 11:46:11 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 08:05:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 05:46:02 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 09:49:49 -0700 2007
Smith's work is s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 08 16:00:10 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 04:39:57 -0700 2007 A great collection of stories, told with lyrical voice, that happen to be short. Claudia writes for a good reader, not just for a writer. Many times, flash, short shorts, feel gimmicky, lacking of feeling, written for a writer. Not true here. Every story has such detail, such careful characte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 28 09:50:05 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 09:51:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 07:28:37 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 10:20:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 06 08:01:18 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 08:09:43 -0800 2007 http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/Cl...

An intriguing, haunting book that should be read more than once.

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