On “On a Winter’s Night,” By Kate DiCamillo
Just before Thanksgiving, as America began rolling out the holiday fare, I read this story in the December 2022 issue of Harper’s Magazine, and it blew me away. Continue reading
Fiction Responses
On “Total Solar,” by Luke Mogelson
This is a great story, in that it puts you squarely in middle of horrific events, and it makes them seem very real. But the story seems a bit too real. Continue reading
“Sine Cosine Tangent”: Excerpt or Story?
I assumed that “Sine Cosine Tangent,” by Don DeLillo, was a story, but it’s an excerpt posing as a story. Continue reading
On “Mother’s Day,” by George Saunders
I was hooked by George Saunders’ “Mother’s Day” from the beginning, and I marveled at the clever, entertaining ride. But at the end I felt slightly uneasy. Continue reading