New episode out today! Richard Brautigan is most famous for his iconic novel “Trout Fishing in America”, but he was also a prolific short story writer and poet. Listen to Chris Gair talk about Brautigan’s beautiful short story collection “Revenge of the Lawn” (1971).
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New episode! Listen to Chigozirim Nwaosu discuss the representation of gender and sexuality in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2009 collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Chigozirim is a PhD candidate in the School of Literature and Languages at the University of Surrey.
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New episode out today (you really don’t want to miss this one)!
What can fictional representations of blocked short story writers teach us about writer’s block and what causes it? Listen to this episode with @acolton.bsky.social to find out!
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Out on 26th February! What can fictional representations of blocked short story writers teach us about writer’s block and what causes a writer to feel blocked? In the next episode, I’ll discuss these questions with Aaron Colton, Associate Professor at Emory University in Atlanta. Stay tuned!
Out today! Listen to Paul March-Russell discuss the importance of women writers in science fiction and the legacy of the short story collection “Women of Wonder” (1974) edited by Pamela Sargent.
Paul March-Russell is the co-founder of GoldSF.
Listen here!
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Out on Thursday 5th February! Listen to Paul March-Russell talk about the legacy of the short story collection “Women of Wonder” (1974) edited by Pamela Sargeant. Paul March-Russell is the co-founder of GoldSF, an intersectional feminist science fiction imprint of Goldsmiths Press. Stay tuned!
Out today! Meet Alexander Manshel, Associate Professor of English at McGill University. How is contemporary short fiction in America influenced by the people and institutions that contribute to its production, circulation, and reception? Listen here to find out:
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How is contemporary short fiction in America influenced by the people and institutions that contribute to its production, circulation, and reception? Stay tuned to find out! Alexander Manshel is Associate Professor of English at McGill University in Montreal (Canada).
Do come along on Monday 12th January to this online event to honour the enduring legacy of Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories (1976)!
It’s a true honour to be part of this event together with @ailsacox.bsky.social, Michael Basseler and Michael Collins!
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Out today!
Looking for a festive treat? Listen to this very special episode with twelve authors reading their own stories!
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Small, good things are coming! Can’t wait to share this very special episode with everyone! It features short stories written and read by twelve amazing writers!
Out on 24th December. Stay tuned!
Out today! @shelleyr-j.bsky.social is a poet, flash fiction writer and Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. How can writers create three-dimensional worlds when all they have at their disposal is a few hundred words? Listen to find out!
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Out tomorrow!
@shelleyr-j.bsky.social is a poet, flash fiction writer and Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. In this episode, Shelley will be our guide into the world of flash fiction! Stay tuned!
Some of these stories I have loved and have found deeply moving, especially 'La Scalinata' (The Monumental Staircase), 'Le feste di P.' (P.'s Partire), and 'La processione' (The Procession).
I've always found Lahiri's storytelling mesmerising, and it was both flattering and humbling to read her Italian production, to listen to her savour the words and the sounds, to see her flirt with that ultimate line of separation, and, even, to catch her trying too hard sometimes.
I also understand the frustration of feeling, at times, rejected by that language, of realising that there will always and inevitably be an ultimate line of separation (however thin) between the language and myself, that it may never feel fully natural to me.
As someone who has studied English as a second language all my life, I understand what it means to fall in love with a language, to burn with the desire to make it your own, to embrace it and be embraced by it, and to mould yourself to it.
"Racconti Romani" collects the short stories that Jhumpa Lahiri wrote in Italian when living in Rome. Reading it has been an experience that is difficult to articulate. I'll try...
...As someone who has studied English as a second language all my life, I understand what it means to fall in love with a language, to burn with the desire to make it your own, to be one with it, to embrace it and be embraced by it, to mould yourself to it...
New Episode!
Listen to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social talk about his latest short story collection “Paris Fantastique” (@confingopublishing.bsky.social), his passion for second-hand books and much more!
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New episode tomorrow! @nicholasroyle.bsky.social is a writer of short stories and novels, the editor of the Best British Short Stories and founder of @nightjarpress.bsky.social! I had the pleasure of meeting him and talk about his beautiful short story collection “Paris Fantastique”. Stay tuned!
I’m speechless. This was so good! Thank you @carolynstock.bsky.social and thank you @nightjarpress.bsky.social!
Popped into the Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social today, and this is what I got! What an incredible event! The fair is at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square. Entrance is free! If you’re in London, there’s still tomorrow: please go in and support the amazing work of small publishers!
New Episode!
William Saroyan was an Armenian-American writer and a true short story genius. In this episode, I get to chat about his life and works with Scott Setrakian, President of the William Saroyan Foundation.
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“A transient moistening of the soul”… got to love Roland Barthes.
From Mythologies (1957).
The second part of the interview with @ailsacox.bsky.social is out today! In this episode, we discuss more famous pieces of short story writing advice. Listen here to find out of they are facts or fiction!
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Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting Scott Setrakian, President of the William Saroyan Foundation. William Saroyan’s books are very dear to me and I am looking forward to sharing this episode with everyone!
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New episode!
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?
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New episode out!
Prof. Andrew Levy is the Edna Cooper Chair of English at Butler University (Indiana). In this episode, I get to ask him a few questions about his book The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story, a true watershed in short story criticism!
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