SSM Reading List: "Ten Guys: Historical Figures in Short Fiction"
by Kevin Wilson
- Walt Whitman: “Every Night for a Thousand Years” by Chris Adrian in Gob’s Grief
- Lyndon Baines Johnson: “Lyndon” by David Foster Wallace in Girl With Curious Hair
- Christopher Columbus: “The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore” by Harlan Ellison in Slippage
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: “Concerning Mold Upon the Skin” by Joanna Scott in Various Antidotes
- J.E.B. Stuart: “Knowing He Was Not My Kind Yet I Followed” by Barry Hannah in Airships
- Robert Kennedy: “Robert Kennedy Saved From Drowing” by Donald Barthelme in Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts
- John McEnroe: “John McEnroe Visits Seven Months” by Sean Lovelace in Crazyhorse No. 68
- Benjamin Franklin: “Mrs. Franklin Ascends” by Fred Chappell in Moments of Light
- Anton Chekhov: “Errand” by Raymond Carver in Elephant
- Carl Linnaeus: “The English Pupil” by Andrea Barrett in Ship Fever
(Recommended Reading 5/09)
