Monday, August 6, 2012

On Short Stories-5: Lorrie Moore

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film - Lorrie Moore, American writer

Biographical sketch of Lorrie Moore from Wikipedia:

Lorrie Moore, The Art of Fiction -
Lorrie Moore interviewed by Elizabeth Gaffney from The Paris Review:
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/510/the-art-of-fiction-no-167-lorrie-moore


Words, Wit, & Wild Hearts by Jacquelyn Mitchard - A Conversation with Author Lorrie Moore from OnWisconsin Magazine:
http://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/features/words-wit-wild-hearts/


Grateful thanks to Lorrie Moore, Elizabeth Gaffney, Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Paris Review, OnWisconsin Magazine and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

On Short Stories-4:

I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their pain and joy, their passion and rage, their yearning and their cry against injustice - Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and autobiographer.

Biographical sketch of Andre Dubus from Wikipedia:

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.