All writers, whether they be poets, short fiction authors, or novelists, have had enormous influences on their writing. For me those influences range from Dostoyevsky to Fitzgerald, from Pablo Neruda to Bob Dylan. Sometimes a poet can have an influence on my fiction, and sometimes a novelist can have an influence on my short fiction. But for many years there has been something else, something extraordinary, something you don’t have to buy, something that is right there all of the time like a 24-hour a day classroom that is always at your disposal. (more…)
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The Golden Age of Short Fiction
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Tags: Boardwalk Empire, Bob Dylan, Breaking Bad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, David Foster Wallace, Deadwood, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, hemingway, Jonathan Franzen, kerouac, LOST, Lovecraft, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Nip/Tuck, Pablo Neruda, Phillip Roth, Sherman Alexie, short fiction, Short Stories, short story books, Silvia Plath, Steinbeck, The Killing, The Shield, The Sopranos, The Walking Dead, The X-Files
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