The internationally acclaimed author wrote the short novel, titled "Koibumi” (Love letter), in 1949 for a newspaper. Its existence had not been known by literary experts and has not been ...

In the case of Anna, the protagonist of this short satirical novel, the answer is: get radicalized by Ayn Rand. Deeply in thrall to Rand’s theory of rational selfishness, Anna decamps to Los ...

Is a short story the same as a novel? A short story is not a cut-down novel. In a novel the author has time to develop characters and show us many events in their lives. A short story takes ...

You wouldn’t start out trying to do a marathon, and writing a novel is basically a marathon. “I decided very early on, when I was writing a short story, I should write it as if I were paying ...

most accessible short-list in a long time. Here’s my take on each book… “Powerful” is an overused adjective when it comes to describing books, but it feels right here. In fact, James is more than that ...

Diane Goettel, Stix’s editor at Black Lawrence Press, acknowledged that short story collections can be a hard sell, but said ...