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Lately by Pritchard, Sara

Table of Contents: “…A winter's tale -- The lost pilot -- Late October, early April -- The honor of your presence -- The wonders of the world -- The pink motel -- The christening -- Reading Raymond Carver, waiting for Bob Dylan -- Here on earth -- Lately -- La vecchietta in Siena.…”


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Short cuts

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From the cradle to the grave : short stories

Table of Contents: “…Tea / Saki -- Mr Loveday's little outing / Evelyn Waugh -- The colonel's lady / Somerset Maugham -- They gave her a rise / Frank Sargeson -- The bath / Raymond Carver -- Same time, same place / H.E. Bates -- A bit of singing and dancing / Susan Hill.…”


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On waiting by Schweizer, Harold, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Nobody likes to wait -- A brief theory of waiting : Henri Bergson's lump of sugar -- In the waiting room -- Penelope's insomnia -- Lingering, tarrying, dwelling upon : Elizabeth Bishop's "poem" -- Waiting for death : Ferdinand Hodler's paintings of Valentine Gode-Darel -- Waiting and hoping : Raymond Carver's "A small, good thing".…”


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Drowning in Gruel by Singleton, George, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Runt -- Migration over Gruel -- Christmas in Gruel -- Soldiers in Gruel -- Assurance -- The novels of Raymond Carver -- Bluffs -- The opposite of zero -- Polish -- Snipers -- Lickers -- Scotch and Dr Pepper -- Shirts against skins -- Soles in Gruel -- Recovery -- Slow drink -- What attracts us to Gruel -- What if we leave? …”


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American voices : best short fiction

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Reading for storyness : preclosure theory, empirical poetics, and culture in the short story by Lohafer, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Once more into the forest of "Young Goodman Brown" -- Preclosure basics in a Kate Chopin story -- Preclosing an "open" story by Julio Cortázar -- Preclosure and the history of the American short story -- Katherine Mansfield and Sandra Cisneros -- Loving (?) Raymond Carver -- Revisiting Ann Beattie -- The largeness of minimalism in Bobbie Ann Mason -- A short story and its nonfiction counterpart.…”


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Scissors : a novel by Michaka, Stéphane

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Talents and technicians : literary chic and the new assembly-line fiction by Aldridge, John W.

Table of Contents: “…New assembly-line fiction -- Less is a lot less : (Raymond Carver, Ann Beattie, Amy Hempel, Frederick Barthelme) -- Medium without message : (Bobbie Ann Mason, Mary Robison, Louise Erdrich) -- Anguish as a second language (David Leavitt, Lorrie Moore) -- Cameos of the Bizarre :(T. …”


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Short stories by men

Table of Contents: “…Phantom silver / William Kittredge -- High-low-jack / Robert Olmstead -- Menudo / Raymond Carver -- Great falls / Richard Ford -- Chopin in winter / Stuart Dybek -- Clearance / David Long -- How I found my brother / Charles Baxter -- The other miller / Tobias Wolf -- Dog song / Frederick Busch -- The quest for Ambrose Bierce / Alan Cheuse -- On the roof / Christopher Zenowich -- Worboys' transaction / Paul Griner -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien.…”


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The men in my life by Gornick, Vivian

Table of Contents: “…Wells: The beginning of wisdom -- Loren Eiseley: Excavating the self -- Randall Jarrell: Reading to save his life -- Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and the end of the Jew as metaphor -- Allen Ginsberg: America's holy fool -- Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Richard Ford: Tenderhearted men -- James Baldwin and V.S. …”


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Stories about how things fall apart and what's left when they do

Table of Contents: “…. -- Amazing grace, Danner, 1965 / Jayne Anne Phillips -- Why don't you dance? / Raymond Carver -- A small cartoon / Barbara Milton -- The hat wall / Patricia Volk -- Fort Wayne is seventh on Hitler's list / Michael Martone -- Desert Breakdown, 1968 / Tobias Wolff -- Watch out, it's a big one / Barry Hannah.…”


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Letters to a fiction writer

Table of Contents: “…Abbott -- Richard Bausch -- Charles Baxter -- Ann Beattie -- Ray Bradbury -- David Bradley -- Rosellen Brown -- Janet Burroway -- Raymond Carver -- Malcolm Cowley -- Nicholas Delbanco -- Andre Dubus -- Pam Durban -- Shelby Foote -- John Gardner -- George Garrett -- Shelby Hearon -- Janette Turner Hospital -- Lewis Lapham -- Stanley W. …”


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Love and lies : an essay on truthfulness, deceit, and the growth and care of erotic love by Martin, Clancy W.

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A moveable famine by Skoyles, John

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You want more : selected stories by Singleton, George, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The half-mammals of Dixie -- A man with my number -- This itches, y'all -- Four-way stop -- John Cheever, rest in peace -- Caulk -- When children count -- Fresh meat on wheels -- Lickers -- Director's cut -- Probate -- Show-and-tell -- The novels of Raymond Carver -- Outlaw head and tail -- I could've told you if you hadn't asked -- How to collect fishing lures -- Columbarium -- Vaccination -- Staff's picks -- Traditional development -- Hex keys -- Unemployment -- How are we going to lose this one? …”


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The Bread Loaf anthology of contemporary American short stories

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The Graywolf annual four : short stories by men

Table of Contents: “…Phantom Silver / William Kittredge -- High-low Jack / Robert Olmstead -- Menudo / Raymond Carver -- Great Falls / Richard Ford -- Chopin in winter / Stuart Dybek -- Clearance / David Long -- How I found my brother / Charles Baxter -- The other Miller / Tobias Wolff -- Dog song / Frederick Busch -- The quest for Ambrose Bierce / Alan Cheuse -- On the roof / Christopher Zenowich -- Worboys' Transaction / Paul Griner -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien.…”


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Great writers of the 20th century

Table of Contents: “…Bertolt Brecht -- Disc [3]. Raymond Carver -- Disc [4]. F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Disc [5]. …”


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