Tag: short story

  • This Reader's Digest, July 2013

    Big reading month for me. Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly, with some commentary. I get apathetic about rewriting what is easily Googleable, so no plot summaries. Unreservèd recommendations are marked with a star. *The Little Way of Ruthie Leming Rod Dreher A truly unique project. Dreher’s book rarely strays beyond the borders of…

  • Wunderkind

    One of the books that I return to on a regular basis is a short-story collection, First Sightings: Contemporary Stories of American Youth. It was one of the things I read in my high school freshman English class, and I’ve found it a valuable tool for keeping track of the way that my mind thinks…