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Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Richard’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Anything He Wants
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2006
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The Need for Character - flash fiction (Cheap Stories, #5)
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2004
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The Fine Art of Fletcherism and two more stories (Cheap Stories, #1)
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2011
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Paradigms and Curbside Boxes (Cheap Stories, #2)
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2011
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Apples and Self-Interview - two stories (Cheap Stories, #3)
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2011
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Mercy - three micro-fiction pieces (Cheap Stories, #7)
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2011
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Falling - avant-garde fiction (Cheap Stories, #4)
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2011
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Soup - three flash fiction pieces (Cheap Stories #6)
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Violence and Sitting Danny Rolling - two essays (Cheap Stories, #8)
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2011
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new story up at Aquifer
New story up at Aquifer, from The Florida Review: an afterlife of decapitated heads: The Beheaded.
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| There are some classic names in here, and some really great stories to be had, but as an overall collection, I got more sense that the term Best American was treated more like a particular brand than an aesthetic, as story after story started to blee ...more | |
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| This is an impressive collection of stories, most notably the first five in the collection. In this book (the first I've read of Griffin, though I'm now interested in reading more), Griffin takes characters who have worn themselves to a kind of maxim ...more | |
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| I’m not a big fan of genre writing, as it’s often more about story than interesting writing, and while this one bills itself as going beyond genre, it hits a middle ground where it enjoys none of the pleasures of either side, as there are long stretc ...more | |
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| Have to admit that my initial reaction to this book early on was to wonder if I was going to finish it. At first, the approach felt a little dry and not very engaging. As the book continued, I think the humor and insight came through more, so I don’t ...more | |
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| Don’t misread my rating—I love having a different array of writers and characters in publishing. Especially nowadays, when white people believe they’re losing their power, I want to see differences when present personages in power want to white bread ...more | |
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| There is a lot I like about this novel, and I do love how Alexie applies timelessness, both as an indication of culture but also of trauma, but my main reservation here is simply about Alexie as a novelist. I have enjoyed his short stories, but his a ...more | |
“Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.”
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.”
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“[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality: flee the stereotype; 6. compassion.”
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“This is no occupation for an adult who can look other adults in the eye, carry his own weight, and count himself one of them.”
― Kindertotenwald: Prose Poems
― Kindertotenwald: Prose Poems
“Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through.”
― Letters on Cézanne
― Letters on Cézanne
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Dear Weems:I know this comment is not related to books or reading, but it is related to ridiculous Japanese movies, so I figured it was roughly equivalent.
I just heard of this movie, which you have probably seen-- "The Happiness of the Katakuris". It's by Takashi Miike (obviously, "Audition" and "Ichi the Killer"). The cover image I saw for it has a happy Japanese family on the center, and demented claymation figures eating people on the sides. Everytime I see something like this (e.g. "Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer", "Zombie Strippers", etc.) I feel compelled to mark the movie for potential viewing, and to tell you about it. Now I can rest easy knowing that I've mentioned all three (real) films to you. Hope you're doing well-- I haven't been in contact for a while, and this is more convenient than e-mail.
Best,
Amy
But its damn good to hear from you, Meng. All is well here, though hectic. Happiness in busyness, you could say.
Yours,
Weems