Tag Archives: Literary
Empire of the Senseless
by Kathy AckerKathy Acker continues her post-modern explorations with a story set in a bleak world where the society we know is dying in its own…
Eighty-Sixed
by David B. Feinberg“Wickedly fun . . . [Eighty-Sixed] stands out for its frankness, ferocious wit and total lack of sentimentality or self-pity. . . . A…
Electricity
by Ray Robinson“Lily’s voice, and Robinson’s writing, is usually viciously sharp. . . . Robinson pulls out of Lily’s narration a blunt and almost brutal lyricism,…
Easy in the Islands
by Bob Shacochis“[Shacochis’s] stories have an unselfconscious narrative momentum–a linear drive toward an ending–that I associate with the easy ways of an old master . ….
Echo’s Bones
by Samuel BeckettA never-before-published short story by Samuel Beckett—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—with an introduction and critical notes by the preeminent Beckett…
Eden
by Olympia Vernon“Daring [and] explosively supernatural. . . . [Eden is] a startling reminder of how forceful Southern magic can be.” –The New York Times Book…
The Driftless Area
by Tom Drury“Drury ties up all the threads (Shane, the fire, Stella) with consummate skill. . . . The bittersweet ending is a perfect mix of…
The Dwarfs
by Harold Pinter“Some of the author’s most enduring themes—notably, sexual jealousy and betrayal—are present. . . . The narration shows traces of writers as various as…
The Earth Hums in B Flat
by Mari Strachan“A lyrical debut . . . [Strachan’s] light touch keeps the story unfamiliar and surprising, while Gwenni’s uber-precocious narration revels in a love for…
Dream Angus
by Alexander McCall Smith“Elegant . . . Spare, polished . . . Smith fluidly weaves in contemporary vignettes.” —Publishers Weekly
