Raymond Carver

Two Hats For Today's Writers (and 10 Awful Truths)

Christopher Meeks | Posted 02.17.2012

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Today's writer needs to wear two hats: those of the artist and of the marketer.

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10 Best Short Stories Of All Time

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.27.2011

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As a fitting finale to National Short Story Month, we asked the talented crew over at One Story to name their ten favorite epigrammatic tales. Tanya R...

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Will Ferrell Sells All His Possessions

Posted 05.31.2011

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Will Ferrell's life career has taken a dramatic turn. The comedy icon stars in "Everything Must Go," the indie dramedy based on a Raymond Carver shor...

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Books I've Loved and Lost

Allison Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will printed books cease to exist? I honestly don't know the answer. But I know that I miss the books I've lost along the way, the physical books with their notes, underlinings and associations.

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Getting Slizzard: HuffPost Readers Pick Best Drinking Scenes In Literature (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

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In "Macbeth," Macduff famously asks, "What three things does drink especially provoke?" To which the porter replies, "Marry, sir, nose-painting, slee...

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Twain, Salinger, Kafka ...

guardian.co.uk | Nicholas Royle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Their writings help us see in different and remarkable ways the extent to which literature and telephones are in cahoots. When the phone starts ringin...

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Short Stories: Writers Talk About The Form To Anis Shivani

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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We asked the writers these questions: What do you like about writing short stories, and if you also write novels, how do you compare the writing?

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Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature

Posted 05.25.2011

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Narrative Magazine: Ann Beattie, whose novella "Walks with Men" has just been released, is a master writer who, along with Raymond Carver, inspired a ...

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The Two Raymond Carvers

Posted 05.25.2011

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Giles Harvey The New York Review of Books "Collected Stories" by Raymond Carver, edited and with notes by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll Lib...

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Sick of Sarah Palin's Book? Let's Talk About Writing And The Writers' Writer

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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These last two weeks seem to be all about books by non-writers and we felt it was time to change the conversation. We asked writers--colleagues and fr...

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The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2009

The New York Times | The NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW | Posted 05.25.2011

After so many years, and so many lists, you might think the task of choosing the 10 Best Books would get easier. If only. The sublime story collection...

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Irving Penn, Twitter, and the Everydayness of Life

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Twitphobes complain, "Do I really care if so-and-so picked up the kids or had to wait too long for a latte at Starbucks?" Maybe we do. Maybe we should. Maybe we can.

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Raymond Carver: New Books On His Stories And Life

The New York Times | Stephen King | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's as a chronicle of Carver's growth as a writer that Sklenicka's book is invaluable, particularly after his career path crossed that of the editor ...

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