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At A Deadly pace

The Whelk — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:10:41 -0800

The Invasion From Outer Space: Steven Millhauser gives The New Yorker a short, unsettling sci-fi story.

New Yorker short fiction 2008

stbalbach — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:38:17 -0800

New Yorker fiction 2008. Annotated list of short fiction from the past year. "As perhaps the most high-profile venue for short fiction in the world, taking stock of the New Yorker's year in fiction is a worthwhile exercise for writers and readers alike."

Scooter Libby, erotic novelist

mcwetboy — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:06:25 -0800

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is (a) Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, (b) facing a five-count indictment from the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case, (c) the author of The Apprentice, a book that is, in the words of The New Yorker's Lauren Collins, "Libby's 1996 entry in the long and distinguished annals of the right-wing dirty novel," or (d) all of the above. Via Making Light.

Where I'm Likely To Find It

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 03 May 2005 13:13:59 -0800

Where I'm Likely To Find It is a new short story by Japanese author Haruki Murakami (previously discussed here and here). The story is similar in feel to his latest novel, Kafka on the Shore which was released in English this year.

Fiction

semmi — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:55:08 -0800

The Shore, a short-story by Richard Ford.

The Brief History of the Dead

waxpancake — Sat, 06 Sep 2003 16:31:51 -0800

The Brief History of the Dead (printable) imagines the afterlife as a thriving city, where the poor choices of the living affect everyone, including the dead. A New Yorker short story by Kevin Brockmeier.

New Yorker fiction

semmi — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:11:19 -0800

Back in the time of which I am speaking, due to our Coordinators had mandated us, we had all seen that educational video of "It's Yours to Do With What You Like!" in which teens like ourselfs speak on the healthy benefits of getting off by oneself and doing what one feels like in terms of self-touching, which what we learned from that video was, there is nothing wrong with self-touching, because love is a mystery but the mechanics of love need not be, so go off alone, see what is up, with you and your relation to your own gonads, and the main thing is, just have fun, feeling no shame!"

GriffX — Tue, 02 Apr 2002 15:50:51 -0800

A good New Yorker piece on George Pelecanos, who is my favorite crime author not just for his skills, but because he sets his novels in D.C.

muckster — Sat, 08 Sep 2001 09:42:50 -0800

Finally! The New Yorker publishes a short story that's actually worth reading. Tim O'Brien riffs on weight loss and a certain reclusive genius--highly entertaining stuff just right for a sluggish Saturday afternoon. For extra credit: why is so much literary fiction so mind-numbingly dull these days?