Workshop Heretic

I've played "literary court" a few times before when looking into entries from Best American Short Stories. Once was with Mary...

I  rem arked when looking at Best American Short Storie s last year that it's really hard for fiction to be an art form that comments on...

One question that might occur to a reader while observing the interaction between son and mother in Bryan Washington's "Palaver...

I barely convinced myself to blog through Best American Short Stories this year, and I may never do it again. I've already listed severa...

I commented earlier in BASS this year, when discussing Vanessa Cuti's "Our Children ," about how some stories intentionally le...

Some of the most mind-opening takes I've heard or read in my life came from something I read or heard in passing. Days later, I'd re...

Paula Fox said that a story begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one. Some theorists of narrative feel that "theme"...