Comments on: Win a Copy of Short People, by Joshua Furst http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst fiction matters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:57:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Celeste http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst/comment-page-1#comment-4056 Celeste Sun, 30 May 2010 13:35:05 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=8350#comment-4056 Am I allowed to comment? I'm looking forward to all of the giveaway books, but this one makes me think of collections I love with stories about children and adolescents--the first two that spring to mind are ZZ Packer's Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ("Brownies" is amazing) and Julie Oringer's How to Breathe Underwater (all are great, but "Pilgrims" literally knocked me off my feet the first time I read it. I had to sit down.). Am I allowed to comment? I’m looking forward to all of the giveaway books, but this one makes me think of collections I love with stories about children and adolescents–the first two that spring to mind are ZZ Packer’s Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (”Brownies” is amazing) and Julie Oringer’s How to Breathe Underwater (all are great, but “Pilgrims” literally knocked me off my feet the first time I read it. I had to sit down.).

]]> By: Dan Rivas http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst/comment-page-1#comment-4037 Dan Rivas Fri, 28 May 2010 20:52:21 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=8350#comment-4037 Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever by Justin Taylor. The title says more than I could. Read it. Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever by Justin Taylor. The title says more than I could. Read it.

]]> By: kelly http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst/comment-page-1#comment-3989 kelly Fri, 21 May 2010 17:08:27 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=8350#comment-3989 I'm reading and loving Phillip K. Dick--maybe not on everyone's list, but boy, can the guy plot! I’m reading and loving Phillip K. Dick–maybe not on everyone’s list, but boy, can the guy plot!

]]> By: Pete http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst/comment-page-1#comment-3984 Pete Thu, 20 May 2010 22:01:55 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=8350#comment-3984 I was blown away when I finally read Mark Costello's The Murphy Stories last year - a devastating chronicle of domestic disharmony. I was blown away when I finally read Mark Costello’s The Murphy Stories last year – a devastating chronicle of domestic disharmony.

]]> By: margosita http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst/comment-page-1#comment-3980 margosita Thu, 20 May 2010 17:56:26 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=8350#comment-3980 I'd like to read this! I like stories about short people. I am currently dipping into Boy and Girls Like You and Me by Aryn Kyle. I’d like to read this! I like stories about short people.

I am currently dipping into Boy and Girls Like You and Me by Aryn Kyle.

]]> By: Sasha http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-short-people-by-joshua-furst/comment-page-1#comment-3979 Sasha Thu, 20 May 2010 14:21:57 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=8350#comment-3979 I recently finished reading David Vann's LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. [My thoughts are here: http://silverfysh.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/marginalia-legend-of-a-suicide-by-david-vann/]. It's an incredibly brave and beautiful book, presenting variations of a father's suicide. They're works of fiction, but even Vann admits that they're based on actual things. It's not too presumptuous to suppose that this is Vann's reworkings of what has pained him for so long. I recently finished reading David Vann’s LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. [My thoughts are here: http://silverfysh.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/marginalia-legend-of-a-suicide-by-david-vann/. It’s an incredibly brave and beautiful book, presenting variations of a father’s suicide. They’re works of fiction, but even Vann admits that they’re based on actual things. It’s not too presumptuous to suppose that this is Vann’s reworkings of what has pained him for so long.

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