Selected by celebrated author and professor T. Coraghessan Boyle, DOUBLETAKES: PAIRS OF CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES gives students the opportunity t...
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Apr 26, 2011
Steve
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"Literature is entertainment," writes Boyle, the editor of this anthology. And this collection, penned by some of the greats, is nothing but.
Doubletakes is ideal for anyone teaching creative writing, running a workshop, or just in need of a clinic on the contemporary short story. Tom Boyle has collected, and approaches these stories, as a teacher. Meaning, in brief introductions before each pair of stories, he gives a quick context on the author and their palette of work t More...
Doubletakes is ideal for anyone teaching creative writing, running a workshop, or just in need of a clinic on the contemporary short story. Tom Boyle has collected, and approaches these stories, as a teacher. Meaning, in brief introductions before each pair of stories, he gives a quick context on the author and their palette of work t More...
Oct 07, 2011
Grace
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I had to read the different stories in this book for my Literature Theory and Critique class. I surprisingly enjoyed most of the stories in here, despite having some awkward and abrupt writing styles throughout and some kind of ridiculous and maybe too vivid stories. I really enjoyed the story Bullet to the Brain which made me ponder the human existence and mind and how throughout life our distinct and separate memories coagulate into one abstract form. The way I took it was very sad and it made
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Nov 15, 2011
Joshua
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Doubletakes is a great book for creative writing students or just everyday readers with compiled short stories including Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.” There are around 30 stories that are each great in their own right. I found that by studying the different techniques of voice, structure and form, and texture in each story I learned how to better understand what it takes to write a good story and understand how to
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Jan 26, 2008
PR
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Not all of the stories are stellar--I'm not a fan of a couple of the authors featured herein--but this is a solid compilation of contemporary short stories. If you want to see what the written word can do in the shortened form, check it out.
Dec 17, 2009
Laura Leigh
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Very interesting read, and probably a great book to teach in an advanced creative writing class, but TC Boyle made me laugh when he is both the editor and a contributor of this anthology. Egocentric, anyone?
Apr 01, 2008
Jessie
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One of the best anthologies for teaching fiction; paired stories from each writer; great aesthetic diversity.
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