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3.0
This is a collection of short stories and essays by new authors (in 2003) and established and well-know authors. And like all such collections there were some stories that were excellent and others that I didn't like. Sherman Alexie is one of my favorite authors and his piece did not disappoint me. Mark Bowden's profile of Saddam Hussein, Tales of the Tyrant has been haunting me. Chuck Klosterman's The Pretenders about a Guns N Roses tribute band had me laughing out loud. Whereas James Pinkerton's How to Write Suspense struck me as stupid and four times too long. He should check out The Onion's piece I'll Try Anything with a Detached Air of Superiority for a good punchy length for satire.
I can't seem to find David Drury's book of short stories that was supposed to be coming out with his piece Things We Knew When the House Caught Fire which I really enjoyed.
The editor's idea to order the stories by alphabetizing the authors' names created some interesting juxtapositions for those of us who read such collections from front to back.
This is a good collection to discover new favorite authors and catch up with old favorites.
I can't seem to find David Drury's book of short stories that was supposed to be coming out with his piece Things We Knew When the House Caught Fire which I really enjoyed.
The editor's idea to order the stories by alphabetizing the authors' names created some interesting juxtapositions for those of us who read such collections from front to back.
This is a good collection to discover new favorite authors and catch up with old favorites.
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