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International Literature

International LiteratureThe Colophon

“The only way I can explain my behaviour”

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023

Martin Amis, sui generis.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 19: “The Harvest” by Amy Hempel

May 19, 2023May 21, 2023

How much of "The Harvest" is true to the facts of Hempel's experience is unclear, and also unimportant.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 18: “Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire” by Neil Gaiman

May 18, 2023May 20, 2023

Gaiman is commenting on our various prejudices regarding where genre work falls in the realm of literary respectability.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 16: “Wedding Day” by Gwendolyn Bennett

May 16, 2023May 17, 2023

Bennett's story, though relatively brief, is a subtle excavation of racial, class, and gendered power dynamics.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 13: “Title” by John Barth and “Elements of the Short Story” by Stuart Ross

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023

Barth, like Ross, writes in a highly ironic mode.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 9: “Striding Folly” by Dorothy L. Sayers

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

If "Striding Folly" does not represent Sayers at the height of her powers, it is nevertheless an intriguing oddity.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 7: “The Robot and the Baby” by John McCarthy

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023

The story may not work as fiction, but it does illuminate some of the philosophical and ontological dilemmas swirling around the notion of sentient robots.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 5: “The Earring” by Jo Nesbø; Robert Ferguson, trans.

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023

The author's trick in "The Earring" is to convince his reader to sympathize with sad-sack Amund.

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 2: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

The story has numerous commonalities with Everil Worrell's pulp horror tale "Leonora."

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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 1: “Leonora” by Everil Worrell

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

Worrell foregrounds the degree to which male members of the medical establishment dismiss or ignore women's complaints.

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