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Book Review: Dear Life by Alice Munro | The Short Story Station
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Stop by and read a story. Book Review: Dear Life by Alice Munro. July 26, 2015. If you have the time, I want you to watch the two most recent announcements of the Nobel Prize for Literature. To get you started, here’s the 2014 Laureate:. Then here’s the one from 2013:. In a few words? Held this preface from Munro:. The final four works in this book are not quite stories. They form a separate unit, one that is autobiographical in feeling, though not, sometimes, entirely so in fact. I believe they ...I jus...
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Contributors | The Short Story Station
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Stop by and read a story. 8220;A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.” Neil Gaiman. 8220;I am a thirty-something guy who’s usually mistaken for a fresh grad. Aside from reading and blogging, I like compiling lists, complaining about random stuff, and composing chapters in my head for my novel that never finishes but never stops being written.”. You can read Angus’s posts here. Blog: The Book Hooligan. 8220;I thriv...
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2015 August 15 | The Short Story Station
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Stop by and read a story. Archive for ‘August 15th, 2015’. Story Review Milagroso by Isabel Yap. I deem it fitting to read a local author for August. Isabel Yap is a young Filipino poet born and raised in Manila, but is based…. August 15, 2015. Follow The Short Story Station on WordPress.com. Enter your email address to follow The Short Story Station and receive notifications of new posts by email. Story Review Miriam by Truman Capote. October 6, 2016. March 16, 2016. March 13, 2016. January 12, 2016.
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Book Review: Redeployment by Phil Klay | The Short Story Station
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Stop by and read a story. Book Review: Redeployment by Phil Klay. July 21, 2015. Is a collection of short stories about the war particularly the US-led war in Iraq that began in 2003 and its effects on its major players (and casualties): the civilians and the soldiers. Mostly the stories dealt with death, and if one is lucky enough to survive, the long-term effects of war, emotionally and psychologically. Hello, PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). There are 12 stories that make up the book:. HUMINT sa...
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marginalia: The Known World
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The Short Story Station. April 20, 2015. By Edward P. Jones. Is an epic novel on black slavery. What’s different about this novel is that instead of the usual white people owning black slaves, here it’s also black people – the master a former slave himself – owning their kind. These and other stories make up The Known World. 8211; and the travails of the characters are sure to evoke feelings you never thought you would have towards fictional characters. Is a book perfect for discussion with other readers...
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Stop by and read a story. Thoughts on Short Fiction: Angus’s Top Five Short Stories (of the Year). Let’s get straight to it: I cannot make a list of my five all-time favorite short stories. That is sheer torture considering the small number of spots…. September 4, 2015. Louize’s Top Five Short Stories. Happy anniversary Short Story Station! It is a fulfilling experience being part of this collaborative blog. For me, it is an affirmation of reading what we…. September 3, 2015. September 2, 2015. The Troub...
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KyusiReader: June 2014
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Monday, June 30, 2014. On a reading high. So last Sunday, we decided to stay at home and just catch up on whatever stuff that needs catching up on. For me of course, that would have to be reading. As I slept at 8 pm last Saturday night, I woke up at 3 am, logged on to Facebook (goodness, 390 likes for that photo! Checked my emails and downloadables, and started reading this latest novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah. And then I checked the clock on my wall. It was already 8 am! That novel insta...
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KyusiReader: June 2015
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Because it's Pride Month! Because this 1978 novel is groundbreaking. Because there's a sexy Winston cigarette man. Because it's a study of excess, and like all things excessive, it's heartbreaking to know what will happen later, when all things bright, care-free, pleasurable, and orgasmic come crashing down because of disease. Ah, Faggots. I couldn't recommend you enough. You still need a box of tissue, but for a different kind of body fluid. Wink, wink. The 1970s was quite hedo...
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Book Review – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher | BR /
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Published on May 5, 2015. Book Review – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Written by Angus Miranda. Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo. I don’t believe it. No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests. No, I can’t believe it. Hannah Baker killed herself. Shut up, Clay, will you? I like reading about suicides. In fact, I have in mind some memorable characters who committed suicide, the one true philosophical act (that’s paraphrasing Albert Ca...Suicide...
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Book Review | Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I by Albert Espinosa | The Page Walker
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A Thought On Each Page. The Short Story Station. Book Review Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I by Albert Espinosa. Saturday, July 25, 2015. Book Review Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I by Albert Espinosa. Can you imagine a future where everyone has given up sleeping? From the creator of the television series Red Band Society and author of the international bestseller The Yellow World comes this uniquely special novel. In the future, a drug was develo...