“Peter never stuttered when he was on stage.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Excerpts
Ruth Ann Musick’s novel of local lore and mortal fear
by Evelyn Somers
“Funny, all the things that pass through your head when you’re sitting by a graveyard. It seemed though, no matter what he thought about, he soon got back to burying, and his own trouble. If he kept on thinking about it, he might go out of his mind, and maybe it would be a good thing if he did . . .” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Avner Landes’s debut novel, Meiselman: The Lean Years
Both Kirkus Reviews and blurbers have compared Avner Landes’s debut novel, Meiselman: The Lean Years, to the writing of some literary greats, like Isaac Singer and Saul Bellow. Continue reading
Captivated by Prague: the Writing of Jeffrey Condran
by Evelyn Somers
“We leave home and shed the identity we’re compelled to inhabit in our daily lives. At the same time, we’re not able to fully inhabit the place we’ve journeyed to. The result is an emotional and intellectual space we have unprecedented control over, but one with more room for self-invention.” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Patricia Lawson’s story collection, Odd Ducks
by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
Oh, for the love of short stories! Today, a little late for May’s Short Story Month, I thought it would be wonderful to celebrate one more short story writer…
In Her Own Time: Mari Coates
by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
When Coates attended an exhibition that included these later Pelton paintings, she was awestruck–and she knew immediately that she wanted to write about Pelton. Continue reading
“I’m Allowing for More Contradictions”: Q&A with Daren Dean
by Evelyn Somers
“There is violence in my stories, but there is also tenderness, love. I’m interested in those things and everything in between. Often violence arises in a character who feels misunderstood. Words fail them, and they turn to what should be a very last resort.”
