Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 76-year histo...
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Dec 17, 2011
Ensiform
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Some good and some bad. Admirable for the most part, even if there are some questionable choices here.
"City Life," Mary Gordon. A woman grew up among slovenly alcoholic parents. She distances her adult life from them, becoming, apparently, a typical upperclass wife with a rather pronounced zest for order. Then she encounters her slovenly, impaired downstairs neighbor, who brings back all her old memories, and she starts to sympathize with him. Despite the award, I though More...
"City Life," Mary Gordon. A woman grew up among slovenly alcoholic parents. She distances her adult life from them, becoming, apparently, a typical upperclass wife with a rather pronounced zest for order. Then she encounters her slovenly, impaired downstairs neighbor, who brings back all her old memories, and she starts to sympathize with him. Despite the award, I though More...
Apr 16, 2010
Schuyler
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This was given to me a year or so ago solely because they (the person who gave it to me) knew that I am a fan of David Foster Wallace, who happened to be one of the writers on the Prize Jury, along with Thom Jones and Louise Erdrich. They assumed that I would want to read 20 stories that DFW had also read, and judged. They were correct.
It was interesting to read these if only for the how dated some of them seem now. I'd run across a subject or phrase or observation and think, " More...
It was interesting to read these if only for the how dated some of them seem now. I'd run across a subject or phrase or observation and think, " More...
Mar 21, 2008
Grant
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all the stories are good, with a few that are exceptional like "the talk talked between worms"
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