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thoughts on WWTAWWTAL? I thought it was meh. why does everyone
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2016-06-24 23:41:47 Post No. 8204663
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thoughts on WWTAWWTAL?

I thought it was meh. why does everyone speak so highly of carver?

short story general thread!
anyone read Somerset Maughams short stories?
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:43:34 Post No.8204667
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did someone say short stories?
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:44:18 Post No.8204668
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:44:18 Post No.8204668 [Report]
He had a bad editor. It's not his fault.
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:47:23 Post No.8204677
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:47:23 Post No.8204677 [Report]
Dislike Raymond Carver. Love Robert Coover.
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:48:41 Post No.8204679
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:48:41 Post No.8204679 [Report]
his writing was so insanely basic.
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:50:26 Post No.8204685
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:50:26 Post No.8204685 [Report]
>>8204663

I remember reading a Carver short story collection that wasn't that, but I can't fucking remember what it was called. Ultramarine? That's poetry though...
Anyway, I liked the conciseness and really ah...abrupt/explosive endings a lot
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:50:36 Post No.8204689
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Anonymous 2016-06-24 23:50:36 Post No.8204689 [Report]
Just watched Birdman last night and now I wanna read that book
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 08:29:01 Post No.8205728
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 08:29:01 Post No.8205728 [Report]
>>8204663
You've read Gordon Lish that's why.
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 15:04:58 Post No.8206256
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 15:04:58 Post No.8206256 [Report]
Good but not groundbreaking. Very safe.
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