Quarterly Stories: Autumn 2014

2017-07-24T14:27:25-04:00

“Bad coffee can only keep you company for so long at four a.m. in a bus depot.” Caitlin Press, 2014 All of the characters in Janine Alyson Young’s debut collection seem as though they would immediately recognize the truth of that. They all seem to have a spot

Quarterly Stories: Autumn 20142017-07-24T14:27:25-04:00

“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

“A Real Life” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T20:46:45-04:00

Last week, I said that "Carried Away" feels like a quintessential Munro story to me. 1994; Penguin, 2007 Its southwestern Ontario setting. The matters of class. An up-close examination of a blatant tragedy. Some far-away ruminating on trauma of a quieter sort. A woman looking back on a

“A Real Life” Alice Munro2014-03-20T20:46:45-04:00

Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria (2006)

2014-07-11T15:53:29-04:00

When a novel begins with a tale of the world's origins, readers can expect an expansive tale. 2006; Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2008 When that origins tale shakes convention by the tail, readers can expect the kind of storytelling that sets aside the ordinary and places the extraordinary

Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria (2006)2014-07-11T15:53:29-04:00

Miles Franklin Award Winner 1978: Tirra Lirra by the River

2014-03-20T19:54:11-04:00

"Food and hot tea lift my spirits." So says Nora Porteous, who has returned to her family home in Australia, a “wretched and slothful old woman”. 1978; Penguin Books, 1984 Well, some might think her so. Wretched. Slothful. Old. At least, she muses that it's possible. But Nora works against

Miles Franklin Award Winner 1978: Tirra Lirra by the River2014-03-20T19:54:11-04:00
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