Category Archives: LITERATURE

LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – Media Method

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Susan

I’m sure that just as with any anthology, this Hitchcock compilation does not reflect necessarily the best writing, but a story by C. L. Moore called Vintage Season just seemed about four times as long as it needed to be.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Susan

Well here am I, feeling perky and adventurous, and I amble back into Nick Montfort’s Book and Volume.  Where I left off, I had all the original tasks complete but evidently missed on picking up some new ones as well … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: On Munro

Posted on September 26, 2006 by susan

Ah, after a debate on the literary study of Shakespeare, I find I agree with Dan Green–at least in part–on Alice Munro.  He’s not a great fan; I am.  The question of content is pretty much what he is defending … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – Roald Dahl

Posted on September 22, 2006 by Susan

<em>The Sound Machine:</em> The premise is wonderful: a weird, geeky type building a machine to hear what’s beyond human range.  The structure is excellent, opening with the action of Klausner going out to his shed to work on it.  Moving … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – Concepts

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Susan

While I didn’t intend to post much here on this anthology, certain things rise up that provoke different trails of thought.  Obviously writing is relative in many ways to its era, i.e. Dorothy Parker’s ladies aren’t quite the same socialites … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – Alfred Hitchcock (Presents)

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Susan

Couldn’t keep away from the pile, and picked this book out from my latest library sale acquisitions as sort of a break from the norm. I grew up on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) and Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone (1959-1964) and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Glimmer Train #53 – Finale

Posted on September 19, 2006 by susan

Finished this issue, and the last story is worth remarking upon.  Properties of Storm for Healing by Doug Crandall is another take on the father/son relationship–oddly there are at least three of them in this issue–that employs good writing, action, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Glimmer Train #53 – Handling a Concept

Posted on September 17, 2006 by susan

Obviously the idea becomes a story (unless the story just happens to happen), and the handling of it is dependent upon skill and technique.  In Kate Kasten’s Home Fires, the concept is laden with potential:  In third person pov, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: Glimmer Train #53 – More Show vs. Tell

Posted on September 17, 2006 by susan

Recent discussions have led me to focus more on the show vs. tell that we all know about, but also often find it difficult to remember in our writing.  Another example from Julie Rose’s Pinhead in this issue of Glimmer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Glimmer Train #53 – Showing

Posted on September 16, 2006 by susan

A beautifully written story by Julie Rose, Pinhead tells in the first person pov of a father’s love for his estranged son, and his frustrated attempts to show his feeling while being stymied by the words to say it.  But … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Murdered Cousin – Breaking the Rules

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Susan

Out of curiosity I looked back in time to some of the classic short stories and selected this one, The Murdered Cousin, by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu. He wouldn’t pass an online critique of contemporary writers.  He starts with a tag: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Banned Book Week

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Susan

Thanks to Sycamore Review for reminding us of the American Library Association’s celebration of Banned Books Week, September 23rd through the 30th. Proud to see that I’ve read quite a number of them, the latest being Nabokov’s Lolita, and that … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Publishing Announcement

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Susan

Steve Gillis, author and founder of 826 Michigan, and Dan Wickett, founder of the Emerging Writers Network are pleased to announce the launch of Dzanc Books, a not-for-profit literary venture. Dzanc Books is a 501(c)3 organization set up to operate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Miscellanea

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Susan

Up Next for Reading:  Just some catching up on lit journals, if I can keep my hands off the pile "on the hearth."  Still Reading:  Hypertext 3.0, S/Z, Ethics.  Focusing on Ethics right now, in an attempt to comprehend using … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Afternoon, A Story – Finale #2

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Susan

I really need to say more about this piece.  Michael Joyce is a true creative writer, both in his exploration of the language as well as in its method of presentation, in this case, hypertext narrative. When it is cold … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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