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Summary: This is an excellent collection of stories but...
Review: don't buy it if you're looking for guidance on writing-there is very little about craft here but there are some excellent examples of different types narratives and they're grouped in an interesting way. One section, for example, has stories that retell fairy tales, bible stories etc. using modern story lines. Other sections cover such genres as dramatic monologues, miniature narratives and memoir. Useful if your looking for positive examples, but be prepared to draw your own conclusions.
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Summary: An Anthology for Writers _and_ Readers
Review: Edited by one of our most celebrated and prolific storytellers, Telling Stories is a "highly personal gathering" of more than 100 stories, narrative poems, dramatic monologues, and memoirs chosen by Oates to inspire and challenge writers and readers alike. Joyce Carol Oates has received numerous awards, including a National Book Award in 1970 for her novel _them_, the Rea Award for the Short Story in 1990, and the 1996 PEN/Malamud Award for lifetime achievement in the short story form. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, where she teaches creative writing.
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Summary: Best reading assignments ever...
Review: I've used this text for my Writing Fiction 281 class, and it's fantastic! I especially like the "flash fiction" section in the beginning. If you're looking for a reader that includes cannonized authors as well as fresh young voices, this is a solid choice.
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Summary: A wide and incisive collection
Review: I've used this text for my Writing Fiction 281 class, and it's fantastic! I especially like the "flash fiction" section in the beginning. If you're looking for a reader that includes cannonized authors as well as fresh young voices, this is a solid choice.
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Summary: A wide and incisive collection
Review: I've used this text for my Writing Fiction 281 class, and it's fantastic! I especially like the "flash fiction" section in the beginning. If you're looking for a reader that includes cannonized authors as well as fresh young voices, this is a solid choice.
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Summary: Best reading assignments ever...
Review: If you are looking to take a writing class, save your dollars and buy this book, read your eyeballs out, and turn yourself loose on the personal style you are going to be so amazingly aware of... A ton of great reccommendations, and as always she writes with an ease and flow that is bewildering...
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Summary: An excellent anthology for creative writers and readers.
Review: Joyce Carol Oates combines the best of classic literature by Kafka and Faulkner with contemporary works by Garcia Marquez and King. Each story and poem exemplifies a writing technique or strategy. An example being the two versions of James Joyce's short story "Sister;" the first his original draft and the second a revision. "Telling Stories" is a wonderful anthology for anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of literature from Homer to today.
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