February 2012
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“There are no favorites here, she said. Consider this a warning.”
– Megan Mayhew Bergman, “The Autobiography Of Allegra Byron”
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Raymond Carver's "On Writing" →
from Raymond Carver’s “On Writing”:
“What creates tension in a piece of fiction is partly the way the concrete words are linked together to make up the visible action of the story. But it’s also the things that are left out, that are implied, the landscape just under the smooth (but sometimes broken and unsettled) surface of things.
V.S. Pritchett’s definition of a short...
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“Often, I would catch it in the mirror as I stepped out of the shower. A spectre,...”
– Zoe Dzunko, “The Bruise”
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“If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit...”
– Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon
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Zoe Dzunko's "The Bruise" Makes the Orange Alert... →
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“When I write fiction, I understand people.”
– Alex Moody, “Container #7”
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Fictionaut Blog: Monday Chat With Nicolette Wong →
Over at the delightful Fictionaut Blog, Susan Tepper interviews Nicolette Wong about her flash fiction, “Last Night on Oil Street,” which appeared in the December 22, 2011 issue of fwriction : review. The piece, lyrical and stunning, captivated readers with its distinctive style and gorgeous poetics.
Susan Tepper: You break up your stunning prose poem “Last Night On Oil...
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Author Homepage
Beginning today, all updates, information, fun, etc., regarding my own writing can be found at my author homepage: http://www.dannygoodman.me.
In the ongoing efforts to remove my own writing from fwriction, to allow the blog to really focus on and promote the writing of others (including and most notably the writers published in fwriction : review), all posts regarding my written works will...
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“Meanwhile you have rolled yourself a cigarette, say, and inserted it with great...”
– “In the Electric Tram” by Robert Walser at the NYRblog, an excerpt from the recently released Berlin Stories, translated by Susan Bernofsky
Find NYRB Classics on Tumblr here.
(Bonus: Bernofsky also translated Walser’s novel The Tanners, published by New Directions.)
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Linked: The Charlie Stories →
dannygoodmanwriting:
From my collection, here is the third set of showcased linked stories: The Charlie Stories. I hope you enjoy.
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“We acted like virgins. As I shifted underneath the sheets, Eva walked into our...”
– From former fwriction : review contributor Mensah Demary’s story “Butcher’s Block” published in PANK 6: “Go! Buy! Read! Love me!”
(via mensahdemary)
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"The Bruise" by Zoe Dzunko →
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January 2012
85 posts
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“There was hopeful, corny graffiti on a rock: ‘I’VE SPENT ALL MY LIFE IN...”
– Robb Todd, “The City From a Bridge”
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Unrelieved Responsibility & Permanent Distraction:... →
dannygoodmanwriting:
I like to think of my fiction collection as both—the stories themselves stand alone (I hope), and when read as a whole, the collection has a very novelistic feel. I aimed for both over the years of writing these stories, and whether I was successful or not, I suppose, is in the hands of the…
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“But they would sometimes stop before the complete disclosure of a thought and...”
– Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, translated by Lydia Davis
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from "Union Square"
dannygoodmanwriting:
“When Elizabeth entered the bookstore, she could still hear the conversations and see the commotion pouring in from Union Square.”
from “Union Square,” forthcoming in Gris-Gris
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“What makes Steal Me [for Your Stories] great is that it completely succeeds in what all those other youth-in-the-city short story collections merely attempt – and fail – to do. Steal Me doesn’t just capture the absurdity of drunken young people in the 21st century, it doesn’t try to seek triumph from exposing the inner workings of sexually active minds, it doesn’t force truth out of vomit,...
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Guest Post: Patrick Trotti, on (Short) Fiction... →
(Short) Fiction Collective loves words. Sharing the works of talented authors, both established and emerging, is our passion. Primarily an online magazine, we’re now venturing into print. The issue is scheduled for release in June 2012, with the exclusive .pdf version available sometime in May. The majority of the money we raise will go towards the printing, editing, cover design, and...
Union Square looking north towards 4th Ave →
From the New York Public Library:
Union Square looking north towards 4th Ave. 1870?-1890?
Created using the #Stereogranimator (via New York Public Library @nypl_labs). For more information, visit http://stereo.nypl.org/.
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WatchHow Harry Potter Should Have Ended
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Football Fiction, from The New Yorker →
We’re down to one game in the NFL, a rematch of the 2007 Super Bowl.
Both games yesterday had all the makings of great literature, as did the previous week’s New Orleans/San Francisco matchup.
Football + literature = Win.
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Rebutting Shivani, from Brevity's Nonfiction Blog →
A kickass response to Anis Shivani’s (constant) criticism of creative writing:
Karen Babine’s crisp rebuttal. Here is a bit:
…the main issue that Shivani overlooks—whether intentional or not, in his purpose to incite as much reaction as possible in his readers—is the difference between creative writing and literature: literature is artifact. As my fiction students identified last week,...
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“Whenever we took Deuce to meet anyone, we made sure his hands were hidden.”
– Nathaniel Tower, “Two Hands Are Better Than Four”
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Tennis Love: from "Forest Hills" →
“He took up a spot on the last court, farthest from the lights. In the darkness, though, he could make out the white lines, the taut net, the side-by-side benches. Mary always insisted on her own bench. We smell too bad to share, she’d said with a laugh. Hank slipped off his shoes and moved to the service line. The manicured grass comforted his tired feet. Like a cloud, he thought. In his...
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Hari Kunzru: Reading 'The Satanic Verses' in... →
From Guernica:
Why the novelist read from Salman Rushdie’s banned book The Satanic Verses to protest against the cancellation of Rushdie’s visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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“I know few towns which inspire me with so great disgust and contempt.”
– Edgar Allen Poe on Brooklyn. Quoted in Dwight Garner’s review of New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009. (via mcnallyjackson)
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“‘It was a match, not a game. Tennis is a match.’”
– from “Forest Hills,” published in jmww
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“I was embarrassed to take Deuce home.”
– Nathaniel Tower, “Two Hands Are Better Than Four”
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Excerpts from my novella, "Memorial Day" →