Category Archives: New Yorker

The Reluctant Read

Posted on November 28, 2012 by writedrunkandeditsober

Have you ever read a book you were certain you would despise? Someone forced it on you, for one reason or another—class or a kindly but pushy relative—and every ounce of you resisted. You took the loathsome lump of a novel in your hands and a frown unfolded from every crook in your body. Your […] Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, books, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, Life, Literature, Maile Meloy, Montana, New Yorker, Read Drunk; Analyze Sober, reading, Richard Ford | Comments Off on The Reluctant Read

Twitter Fiction: “Shrapnel”

Posted on October 24, 2012 by writedrunkandeditsober

This week I’m posting my first ever fiction story to appear on this blog. It also happens to be the first short story that I have ever written to fit the  140-character Twitter format, and was published via @pancakebooks (stupid name, I know) earlier this week. My inspiration for this form comes from Jennifer Egan’s […] Continue reading →

Posted in Black Box, buddha, Jennifer Egan, korean war, New Yorker, Original Fiction, Short story, Twitter, twitter fiction | Comments Off on Twitter Fiction: “Shrapnel”

Read “Birnam Wood” by T. Coraghessan Boyle

Posted on September 21, 2012 by writedrunkandeditsober

My aunt learned to read tarot cards in college as a party trick. Now, every New Years when she comes to visit, she’ll pull out her stack of cards from their purple velvet pouch, shuffle them between her long-nailed hands, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Birnam Wood, Literature, Macbeth, New Yorker, Read Drunk; Analyze Sober, reading, story, T. Coraghessan Boyle, tarot cards, writing | Comments Off on Read “Birnam Wood” by T. Coraghessan Boyle

Read Drunk; Analyze Sober

Posted on September 12, 2012 by writedrunkandeditsober

It’s time to declare the new age of the short story. It’s time to laud the concise. It’s time to realize that in this day and age of blogs and online journals and YouTube videos, print media—books and newspapers, especially—are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon Kindle, Black Box, Canada, Jennifer Egan, Literature, New York Times, New Yorker, reviews, Richard Ford, Short story, Twitter, writing | Comments Off on Read Drunk; Analyze Sober