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Appendix B: “Michael Chabon Presents: the Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (Volumes 1-3)” & “The Escapists”
When I wrote my review of Michael Chabon’s 2011 Pulitzer-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, I wrote: Once in a blue moon, […]
Chapter 76.4: “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter” (1966)
Not too long ago I finished reading the collected short stories of Jean Stafford and decided that, since it was a collection of smaller works, […]
Chapter 76.3: “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter” (1966) – “The Leaning Tower and Other Stories”
Not too long ago I finished reading the collected short stories of Jean Stafford and decided that, since it was a collection of smaller works, […]
Chapter 76.2: “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter” (1966) – “Pale Horse, Pale Rider”
“Death always leaves one singer to mourn.” Not too long ago I finished reading the collected short stories of Jean Stafford and decided that, since […]
Chapter 76.1: “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter” (1966) – “Flowering Judas and Other Stories”
“She is, her comrades tell her, full of romantic error, for what she defines as cynicism in them is merely ‘a developed sense of reality’.” […]
Chapter 74: “Tales of the South Pacific” by James A. Michener (1948)
“I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific. The way it actually was. The endless ocean. The infinite specks of coral we called […]
Chapter 71: “The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford” by Jean Stafford (1970)
“To her own heart, which was shaped exactly like a valentine, there came a winglike palpitation, a delicate exigency, and all the fragrance of all […]