10.06.2008

A Grain of Sand

I just saw this wonderful (short!) piece in the NYT by Steven Millhauser about the particular ambition of short stories, which live generally in the shadows cast by novels, but which can exceed novels, too. I kind of love it.

2 comments:

SER said...

That piece really captures what makes short stories so f-ing difficult.

Grendel said...

What a great piece.