Doodlebops to watch, happy birthday wishes to giveLORRIE WOYCIK
Whatever we call them, both types of short stories are equally legitimate.I call them ‘genre’ and ‘lyrical’ short stories. Stephen King’s short stories are genre; Katherine Mansfield’s are lyrical. In order to get the most out of a lyrical short story we need to take a long, hard...
Lorrie Moore All superheroes have ironic backstories. Captain America is a big-boss guy but he was originally weakling and the government made him this way. They’re the last guys anyone would expect to have suddenly morphed into heroes.X-Men First Classdid a great job of revealing that ir...