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November 3, 2013
Woody Allen – The Moose
Woody Allen – The Moose And here’s the link to the Moose joke itself.
“You Know the Solomons”
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, “How do I know you won’t sting me?” The scorpion says, “Because if I do, I will die too.” The frog is satisfied, and they set out, […]
October 28, 2013
Shirley Jackson Short Story Contest! | Tin House
Shirley Jackson Short Story Contest! | Tin House
August 8, 2013
Great Books to Take to the Beach This Summer
Great Books to Take to the Beach This Summer Reading a great book on the beach is one of summer’s most sublime pleasures, so we asked Southampton writer, editor, and professor Susan Scarf Merrell for some recommendations. Thanks, Susan!…
August 7, 2013
The Southampton Review Recommends “The Monster” by Ali Simpson
recommendedreading: So excited for Ali! Vol. 16, No. 4 EDITOR’S NOTE Perfect deadpan marks the opening of Ali Simpson’s “The Monster,” an elegant take on the best kind of horror story—one that Shirley Jackson or Neil Gaiman might tackle, one that makes you laugh even as it scares you, that turns the imagined monsters we […]
June 1, 2013
A Few Too Many Metaphors about Revision
Impossible to do until you’ve finished a draft. Unlike Lot bringing his wife out of Hell, you have to look back over your shoulder, in order to figure out what you’ve begun. Impossible to do unless your defensive shield is down. Impossible to do unless you allow yourself some emotional distance from the original impulse […]
