1. Women In Their Beds: Thirty-Five Stories
2. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
3. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins
#TLT @dabbe
1. Women In Their Beds: Thirty-Five Stories
2. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
3. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins
#TLT @dabbe
Are we clowns? Do we not discuss books in a serious enough manner? We discuss these questions plus two more short works from Franz Kafka and Paul Bowles. And finally, we nominate books for March. In typical fashion, we select more than one book! Thanks for listening!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kLNUTuh7WeCJuJtylfESH
Motivating book when setting out to uncharted waters
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Short stories with one commonality: someone who left Kentucky but yearns to return. Tonally, these stories complement each other very well. He created down-and-out characters in fascinating, often endearing ways. I‘m drawn to Offutt, because I, too was born and raised in the Bluegrass State and love the references. Definitely seeking out his backlist. He attended the illustrious Iowa Writers‘ Workshop, so that‘s an automatic plus for me!
I‘ve never been a huge fan of Melville‘s work BUT I‘ve never read any of his short stories which are supposed to be excellent. So, here goes. Let‘s see if these change my opinion…
#ReadingOnTheTrain #OutAndAbout
My favorite delivery of the day: Auntie‘s Books in downtown Spokane! (As featured in one of the stories in Jess Walter‘s fine collection.) This is the first of two cartloads - 44 pieces total. Great selection and great people too!
Lavin is one of the subtlest Irish short story writers ever (and that competition is fierce). American-born but Irish raised from her teens on when her immigrant family return to Ireland, she has an outsider's sharp eye on Irish culture and foibles. If you want to get a feel for the textures of Irish experience in the postwar decades, read her
Coming from Aotearoa NZ I‘d always been interested to read Mansfield. Not really for me however. The characters and situations lean into ‘hysterical women‘, the events not all that interesting. I enjoyed the descriptions of places, furniture, clothing, transport but ultimately after 50 or so pages I had to put this down.
When you crack open a used book and discover it‘s signed by the author! 🤍✒️✨