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short story stories: 3 news summaries
stephen king

 New Books Do Carver Justice 

Biography, story collection provide 'necessary corrective'

Nov 21, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Two new books on Raymond Carver—a biography and a collection of stories—bring a "welcome and necessary corrective" to what we know of the short story master, writes Stephen King. Carol Sklenicka's A Writer's Life cuts Carver too much slack for his personal life—he was a "... More »

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fiction • author • Stephen King • book reviews • short story • Raymond Carver • Gordon Lish • Carol Sklenicka • A Writer's Life • Stephen King Raymond Carver

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Rock Legend Chuck Berry, Top-Notch Short Story Writer

"Memphis, Tennessee" shows Berry's sociological side: Klinkenborg

Nov 2, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The original Chuck Berry version of “Memphis, Tennessee” isn't as well known as some others—by Johnny Rivers, say, or Buck Owens. But the real star is the tune, first released in 1959, which Verlyn Klinkenborg suspects is the “best short story in the form of a song... More »

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entertainment • music • Tennessee • rock and roll • Memphis • cover song • Chuck Berry • songwriter • short story • Johnny Rivers • Buck Owens


 Oprah Picks 
 Short Story 
 Collection 
 for Book Club 

Nigerian author writes about African children

Sep 19, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(AP) - Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world's eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing's surest hitmaker yesterday picked Uwem Akpan's debut collection, Say You're One Of Them, guaranteeing sales generally unthinkable for short stories beyond works by Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever and other giants of the art form. Akpan, 38, is... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • publishing • Oprah's Book Club • writers • Uwem Akpan • short story

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