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David Kirby: Golden Gate by Clarence Major (Review)

A new world is rising, and for the most part these stories read like field reports about earthlings to an alien race.

November 22, 2023 · 2 Comments

Video: Interview with Alice Munro

Calling her a “master of the contemporary short story,” the Swedish Academy awarded 82-year-old Alice Munro the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.  In 14 story collections, Munro reached generations of … Continue reading

May 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

Audio: Leonard Nimoy reads Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” from “The Martian Chronicles”

In the mid-seventies, a pair of record albums came out that offered a truly singular listening experience: the voice of Bradbury in the voice of Nimoy. Here’s a recording of … Continue reading

February 28, 2015 · 3 Comments

Audio: Raymond Carver reads “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”

Here’s an audio recording of Raymond Carver reading his most famous story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Taped in a Palo Alto hotel room in 1983 … Continue reading

February 27, 2015 · 1 Comment

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