american literature
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300 short stories: story 244
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Eating Fish Alone” author: Lydia Davis year: 2014 where: Home, in bed note: In The New Yorker, Davis’ eyes have been described as “blue milk glass”…and this sentence could almost constitute the length of an average story by Davis. In truth, I’ve read several dozen of her stories this week, but they are so short,…
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300 short stories:: story 238
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Adventure” author: Sherwood Anderson year: 1919 where: Home with Big Gate note: Referenced in Charles Baxter’s Burning Down the House a line: “It is not him that I want,” she told herself; “I want to avoid being so much alone. If I am not careful I will grow unaccustomed to being with people.” theme(s): Unrequited…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 