Saleema Nawaz’s Mother Superior (2008)

2014-03-20T21:24:56-04:00

Sometimes the longest story in a collection has the allure of a key; I want to read it first because I believe that it, like the title story, will contain helpful hints to understanding other stories therein. Freehand Books, 2008 (Sometimes the longest story is also the title

Saleema Nawaz’s Mother Superior (2008)2014-03-20T21:24:56-04:00

Paul Headrick’s The Doctrine of Affections (2010)

2020-05-21T16:02:34-04:00

Consider this Baroque idea, the Doctrine of Affections. That a single movement of music should arouse a single emotion. Freehand Books, 2010 It's the perfect title for this collection, for readers can expect a series of intense and diverse emotional responses to each of Paul Headrick's twelve stories. The

Paul Headrick’s The Doctrine of Affections (2010)2020-05-21T16:02:34-04:00

“Spaceships Have Landed” Alice Munro

2020-07-29T09:31:13-04:00

In searching for an image for the last story discussed here, "A Wilderness Station", I came upon a wonderfully long and chatty Paris Review interview with Alice Munro.* Something she says about her reading came to mind when I had finished "Spaceships Have Landed". "Reading was my life really until

“Spaceships Have Landed” Alice Munro2020-07-29T09:31:13-04:00

“A Wilderness Station” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T21:00:42-04:00

What a complicated tale. Though perhaps less so than "Open Secrets" and "The Albanian Virgin", for readers have a much broader sense of understanding what "really happened". The possibility of honest understanding, in this case, settles in the last letter that Annie wrote to Sadie. [NOTE: There are some spoilers

“A Wilderness Station” Alice Munro2014-03-20T21:00:42-04:00

“The Jack Randa Hotel” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T21:00:36-04:00

Even if you don't subscribe to the digital version of the New Yorker, you can peek at the first two pages of "The Jack Randa Hotel" as it originally appeared in 1993's July 19th glossy pages. 1994; Penguin Modern Classics, 2007 There, readers first met Gail, who "usually

“The Jack Randa Hotel” Alice Munro2014-03-20T21:00:36-04:00
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