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Good Literature: Peeks at Dorothy Parker

Good Literature: Peeks at Dorothy Parker

In December of 2012 I posted a series of essay/blog posts written by several writerly friends of mine, all focused on the short story, You Were Perfectly Fine, by Dorothy Parker. This, along with several other short stories that I

Eric Sheridan Wyatt July 12, 2014July 11, 2014 Craft, Dorothy Parker, Elements, Fiction Craft Discussion, Literature No Comments Read more

A Week With Dorothy Parker: You Were Perfectly Fine

I hope you enjoyed the essays I posted this week focused on Dorothy Parker’s classic story, You Were Perfectly Fine. Based on the blog traffic, you did, in fact, enjoy these posts. That makes me happy. Not because blog stats

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A week with Dorothy Parker: Subtlety of Structure

    If you’re like me, when you think, Dorothy Parker, and, short fiction, (or nearly anything else Dorothy Parker wrote or said), you think wit, satire, economy of words. You think about tight tales with sharp edges. If you’re

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A week with You Were Perfectly Fine: Wit, Wisecracking, & Calisthenics with words.

Ginger Pinholster is a writer and fellow graduate of the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. You can connect with her on Twitter. (Or, leave her a message here in the comments section, too!) *** “When you’re 18, they

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A Week with You Were Perfectly Fine: Dramatic Irony vs. Antithetical Discourse

Belinda Nicoll is the author of the memoir, Out of Sync, as well as a writing and life coach. (You can read an earlier interview I did with Belinda about her book, Out of Sync.) Check out her website at:

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In case you missed it: A Good Man is Hard to Find

Earlier today I kicked off my December guest blog blizzard which will focus on Dorothy Parker’s short story, You Were Perfectly Fine. In November, I hosted several of my favorite writer friends in a discussion of Flannery O’Connor’s story, A

Eric Sheridan Wyatt December 17, 2012 Dorothy Parker, Fiction Craft Discussion, Flannery O'Connor, Short Fiction Review No Comments Read more

Spending a week with a story: You Were Perfectly Fine

In February of 2010, I posted a brief summary and discussion of Dorothy Parker’s classic short story, You Were Perfectly Fine. When I first made the post, I had no idea how popular that blog would be. It’s hard to

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February Recap: Post-MFA Reading List

Another month behind us, and here is the February list of books finally rescued from the “To Read” shelf: A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan: Thirteen chapters of interlocking stories, varied in voice & point of view,

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Too Bad, by Dorothy Parker

    Too Bad is the second story in Dorothy Parker’s Complete Stories. Like other Parker stories, this one examines the way things look and compares them to the way things really are. In this case, the story examines the

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Short Fiction Review: Dorothy Parker, Such a Pretty Little Picture

  When I first started this blog, one of the things I wanted to do more often was quick re-caps of short fiction. One of the reasons I do these short story reviews is because this is how I learn

Eric Sheridan Wyatt August 1, 2011September 17, 2014 Dorothy Parker, Short Fiction Review No Comments Read more
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