false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172979455m/235717.jpg 235717 3 Breathe a sigh of relief at the appearance of Stacey Richter, a hip, pop culture-obsessed fiction writer who actually knows what she's doing. A lot of "buzz" surrounds her first collection, <I>My Date with Satan</I>, and she was hailed by the <I>Voice Literary Supplement</I> as a "writer on the verge," but Richter is much more than the flavor of the month. Her prose bristles with humor and sadness, and her characters are true originals: an ex Teen Idol ("The Ocean"), a member of a Swedish heavy-metal band ("Goal 666"), a girl who desperately wants to be a Cat Lady ("Rats Eat Cats"). In this last story the 21-year-old narrator can't wait to get old in an apartment overtaken by felines: <blockquote> I would constantly wear the same sweater, and maybe a synthetic wig. I'd have several litter boxes in my apartment, and this litter would be changed infrequently. I would receive either welfare or social security and spent most (if not all) of these public moneys on cat food.... Cat hair would be embedded in my sweater. It would almost appear that my sweater was <I>made</I> of cat hair. </blockquote> Richter's characters are often pathetic or blind to themselves, but the author never condescends; writing solely in first person, she masterfully captures the private logic and language of her narrators. They are like messengers from an overlooked world, telling us stories we somehow need to know. In this way Richter reminds me of Eudora Welty, who also invested small, outcast characters with poetry, humor, grace. <I>My Date with Satan</I> establishes Richter as a talent to be reckoned with. She writes like a discoverer who has found the country she's been looking for. <I>--Emily White</I> 228315 1999 MY DATE WITH SATAN: Stories total:124|5:35|4:43|3:28|2:13|1:5| 124 462 194 24 235717 0684857022 9780684857022 106 21 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172979455m/235717.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235717.MY_DATE_WITH_SATAN_Stories 5 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 03 21:44:50 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 21:45:46 -0700 2007 Aimee Bender or Kelly Link, although I think I may have actually enjoyed these storie...more...]]> 235717 0684857022 9780684857022 106 21 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172979455m/235717.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235717.MY_DATE_WITH_SATAN_Stories 4 0 false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 26 13:08:45 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 10:37:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 235717 0684857022 9780684857022 106 21 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172979455m/235717.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235717.MY_DATE_WITH_SATAN_Stories 2 0 false Fri Jun 08 19:06:49 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 19:11:04 -0700 2007
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