In Quest of Forgotten Yellow Book Writer Ethel Colburn Mayne
By Elke D’hoker While early reviews routinely likened her work to that of Henry James, by 1923, Mayne was called ““the only short-story writer capable of succeeding Katherine Mansfield”
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Edge Hill Prize shortlist 2021
The annual Edge Hill Prize awards £10,000 to the author of what the judges consider to be the best published short-story collection from the UK or Ireland. This year’s shortlist includes previous winner Kevin Barry, plus four debut authors. It also includes two short story cycles. Full list below: Paradise Block by Alice Ash (Serpent’s Tail/Profile); That Old…
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CFP: American short story writers and the American short story as cultural institution
The following call for papers has been selected by the organisers of the 53rd annual Congress of the French Association for American Studies, which will take place at the University of Bordeaux (Michel Montaigne) from 31st May to the 3rd June, 2022. The theme of the congress is “Legitimacy, Authority, Canons”. American short story writers…
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Alice Munro in the Classroom
By Ailsa Cox Some one said to me the other day, ‘I don’t get Alice Munro.’ It’s okay, I told her.
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CFP: Nomadic texts and subjectivities Metamorphic itineraries in/of Angela Carters’ works
University of Angers, France 22-24 June 2022 “The nomad has a territory; he follows customary paths; […] A path is always between two points, but the in-between has taken all the consistency and enjoys both an autonomy and a direction of its own. The life of the nomad is the intermezzo.” Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, 380. “If the…