A WRITER'S WIT
The world does not end tonight
And the fruit that we will pick tomorrow
Await us, weighing the unstripped bough.
Charles Tomlinson, New Collected Poems
Born January 8, 1927
Scroll down if you missed the first three posts in this series: the Introduction, Crème de la Crème, and The Big Middle. In this post, I list The New Yorker stories from 2014 that I feel are least effective as narrative and why. I may be way off the mark. My prejudices concerning literature may raise their ugly heads. I may not convince anyone, but I'm still going to list them. By clicking on the title, you will be taken to the original post profiling the story. More important, follow the links to the stories and decide for yourselves!
The Least Shall Be Last
40. January 13, 2014, Dinaw Mengestu, “The Paper Revolution”
41. January 27, 2014, Robert Coover, “The Frog Prince”
42. February 17 & 24, 2014, Karl Ove Knausgaard, “Come Together”
43. April 28, 2014, Shirley Jackson, “The Man in the Woods”
41. January 27, 2014, Robert Coover, “The Frog Prince”
42. February 17 & 24, 2014, Karl Ove Knausgaard, “Come Together”
43. April 28, 2014, Shirley Jackson, “The Man in the Woods”
44. May 19, 2014, Robert Coover, “The Waitress”
45. June 2, 2014, Thomas Pierce, “Ba Baboon”
46. June 9 & 16, 2014, Ramona Ausubel, “You Can Find Love Now”
47. August 11 & 18, 2014, César Aira, “Picasso”
45. June 2, 2014, Thomas Pierce, “Ba Baboon”
46. June 9 & 16, 2014, Ramona Ausubel, “You Can Find Love Now”
47. August 11 & 18, 2014, César Aira, “Picasso”
48. September 1, 2014, Joseph O’Neill, “The Referees”
49. September 15, 2014, Danielle McLaughlin, “Dinosaurs on Other Planets”
50. October 27, 2014, Tom Hanks, “Alan Bean Plus Four”
NEXT TIME: Behind the Book—MLPR, "Tales of the Millerettes"
49. September 15, 2014, Danielle McLaughlin, “Dinosaurs on Other Planets”
50. October 27, 2014, Tom Hanks, “Alan Bean Plus Four”
NEXT TIME: Behind the Book—MLPR, "Tales of the Millerettes"
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