R217. The Short Story Salon with A Public Space

Room L100 A, Lower Level
Thursday, April 9, 2015
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

 

Why does the short story continue to attract some of America’s most talented writers? What can it do that other forms can’t? Amidst what Leslie Kaufman in The New York Times recently called a “resurgence” for the short story, with digital developments offering new outlets for short fiction, and collections like George Saunders‘ Tenth Of December garnering huge acclaim, this event brings together three contemporary masters of the form to read from their work and debate what makes a great short story.


Participants

Moderator:

Jonathan Lee is a British author and editor living in Brooklyn. He is the author of three novels – Who Is Mr Satoshi?; Joy; and Brighton Heights – and his short fiction has appeared in Granta, Tin House, A Public Space, and Narrative. He is associate editor at A Public Space and a contributing editor at Guernica.

Peter Orner is the author of the novels, Love and Shame and Love and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, and the story collections, Esther Stories and Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge. A Guggenheim Fellow, Orner received the Rome Prize, the Goldberg Prize, and a California Book Award.

Danielle Evans is the author of the short story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self. She teaches creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Keith Lee Morris is author of four books of fiction, most recently Call It What You Want and The Dart League King. His stories have appeared in A Public Space, Ninth Letter, Cincinnati Review, and New England Review. His next novel is forthcoming from Little, Brown in 2016.

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