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24th January 2012

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dobredobre: in-aglasshouse: neighborhoodr-athensohio: OU prof’s new book sparks nostalgia for short-story era Once upon a time, short stories were a staple of America’s reading diet – or at least more so than they are today. Good, big-name writers like Fitzgerald, Lardner, Parker and O’Hara cranked them out, and popular magazines carried them. These days, the short story has been largely consigned to a literary ghetto /boutique, to be savored by connoisseurs, and handled by publishers with the same respect and lack of promotion they give its fellow redheaded stepchild, poetry. This seems doubly sad after reading “How to Stop Loving Someone,” a collection of stories by Ohio University English professor Joan Connor. The stories are finely crafted, with many a sentence you want to read twice; but they’re also funny, peopled with real human characters, and – you’ll pardon the word – accessible. Read more from The Athens NEWS. | Photo via The Athens NEWS. Thanks for reading athensohio.neighborhoodr.com • Ask • Submit • Follow • Twitter • FAQ • If you like our blog, please spread the word! This woman is an incredible writer. I wish my brain were more like hers. omg at the phrase “fellow redheaded stepchild” All I know is she was an awful advisor 

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in-aglasshouse:

neighborhoodr-athensohio:

OU prof’s new book sparks nostalgia for short-story era

Once upon a time, short stories were a staple of America’s reading diet – or at least more so than they are today. Good, big-name writers like Fitzgerald, Lardner, Parker and O’Hara cranked them out, and popular magazines carried them.

These days, the short story has been largely consigned to a literary ghetto /boutique, to be savored by connoisseurs, and handled by publishers with the same respect and lack of promotion they give its fellow redheaded stepchild, poetry.

This seems doubly sad after reading “How to Stop Loving Someone,” a collection of stories by Ohio University English professor Joan Connor. The stories are finely crafted, with many a sentence you want to read twice; but they’re also funny, peopled with real human characters, and – you’ll pardon the word – accessible.

Read more from The Athens NEWS. | Photo via The Athens NEWS.

Thanks for reading athensohio.neighborhoodr.com • Ask • Submit • Follow • Twitter • FAQ • If you like our blog, please spread the word!

This woman is an incredible writer. I wish my brain were more like hers.

omg at the phrase “fellow redheaded stepchild”

All I know is she was an awful advisor 

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    All I know is she was an awful advisor
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    omg at the phrase “fellow redheaded stepchild”
  3. in-aglasshouse reblogged this from neighborhoodr-athensohio and added:
    This woman is an incredible writer. I wish my brain were more like hers.
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