tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post2626792652947046964..comments2024-03-27T21:47:38.050-07:00Comments on stevereads: In the Penny Press! The Atlantic Fiction Issue 2010!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-80896452318676221432010-04-29T21:19:28.000-07:002010-04-29T21:19:28.000-07:00One thing I know - they'll all be "daily ...One thing I know - they'll all be "daily show" funny! Big dog, little dog - priceless!BusyBeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-37854028358038654502010-04-29T07:57:55.000-07:002010-04-29T07:57:55.000-07:00I'm new to stevereads - enjoying unique slant/...I'm new to stevereads - enjoying unique slant/comedic style. Badly needed to keep books alive. Grateful atlantic monthly still taking on short fiction/essays - too few outlets exist. I agree its first two stories, "lorelei" and "a simple case" are great reads. But disagree on the joyce carol oates piece: I felt her pain but never her ego. Maybe it's a girl thing.BusyBeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-68427495435866540712010-04-29T19:52:46.000-07:002010-04-29T19:52:46.000-07:00welcome to Stevereads, BusyBea! There's a rath...welcome to Stevereads, BusyBea! There's a rather big backlog of entries - hope you find them all either pleasing or useful or both!steve donoghuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-51612694769815786992010-05-11T20:46:18.000-07:002010-05-11T20:46:18.000-07:00Yes indeed, if there's one thing I've demo...Yes indeed, if there's one thing I've demonstrated in the last 1000 reviews, it's that I don't, in fact, know how to READ - I'm just a puppet of my brainless Freudian urges ... yeesh.<br><br>I assure you, if "Lorelei" were 'drivel,' I'd have spotted that fact and written about it. Ditto the story about the conjoined twins of radically different personalities who were born during a thunderstorm to the amnesiac Princess Anastasia on board the Titanic. Again, yeesh.Steve Donoghuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-11476322817332112742010-05-11T07:48:28.000-07:002010-05-11T07:48:28.000-07:00Interesting the things you chose to pan and praise...Interesting the things you chose to pan and praise. "Lorelei" was drivel, IMO. "Bone HInge" was the highlight of the issue. Looking at your review, it occurs to me that you seem able to enjoy only stories in which the protagonist (or an object of desire for the protagonist) is a middle-aged male. Hmm. Also, why are all the wives insufferable? Mr. Freud, your slip is showing...momtrolfreakhttp://www,momtrolfreak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-65971182500228784552010-05-12T09:10:57.000-07:002010-05-12T09:10:57.000-07:00Dear Shah of Persia:http://www.amazon.com/Siamese-...Dear Shah of Persia:<br><br>http://www.amazon.com/Siamese-Nights-Atlantic-Fiction-ebook/dp/B00351DS2SBurtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-70343736869640570822010-08-19T17:04:59.000-07:002010-08-19T17:04:59.000-07:00Thanks for sharing. I've read the issue cover...Thanks for sharing. I've read the issue cover to cover and was delighted to find it. I agree with your panning of T.C. but enjoyed everything else, from a "pure entertainment" point of view.<br><br>I suspect putting together an issue like this is much more work than it appears. And advertisements, anyone's, are going to be included in any magazine. <br><br>Thank God that people's opinions differ. Vanilla gets old quickly.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-88660868598524002192010-12-26T03:06:15.000-08:002010-12-26T03:06:15.000-08:00The thing that bothered me in Stuart Nadler's ...The thing that bothered me in Stuart Nadler's story is that nobody of the lead character's age would ever make the mistake of referring to a Polish Jew as "Polish". In Poland, Polish Jews were always Jews, never Poles. Nadler is too young to know that.Neil Ellottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-72761878924428139052011-07-18T16:13:05.000-07:002011-07-18T16:13:05.000-07:00[...] is guilty: both Wendell Berry and Jerome Cha...[...] is guilty: both Wendell Berry and Jerome Charyn show up for the occasion. Charyn’s effort in last year’s issue was stronger than his diffuse and blunted offering this year, “Little Sister,” which [...]Glimmers of Hope (and a Chaser of Outrage) in the Penny Press! | stevereadshttp://www.openlettersmonthly.com/stevereads/2011/07/glimmers-of-hope-and-a-chaser-of-outrage-in-the-penny-press/noreply@blogger.com