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Here’s the latest in my very occasional series of 500-word book reviews. Thanks for reading! The North Water by Ian McGuire (Henry Holt and Co, 2016) It’s the late 1850’s and the disgraced surgeon, Patrick Sumner, fresh from the Sepoy … Continue reading →
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Desert Boys
Posted on January 17, 2017by Stefen Styrsky
Topicality can kill otherwise good fiction. Politics, current events, new technologies might make a story seem immediate and important, but can also quickly date it, making it seem naive or, worse, irrelevant. Then there’s the danger of didacticism. Essays barely … Continue reading →
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The Emerald Light in the Air
Posted on June 10, 2016by Stefen Styrsky
Baldly speaking, most of Donald Antrim’s characters in the collection The Emerald Light in the Air suffer from some form of mental instability, clinical depression or bipolar disorder. Men and women on the verge of a nervous breakdown is a … Continue reading →
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There’s Something I Want You to Do
Posted on February 19, 2016by Stefen Styrsky
What do we owe each other? How far should a person go, how much should a person sacrifice to ensure their fellows are cared for? What exactly are the obligations we have to one another? These are some of the … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 19, 2016by Stefen Styrsky
My first blog post. One writer and no followers. Reminds me of the act of writing itself — sitting at a desk and typing into the faceless void. What do I want to do with this blog? First, I’ll share … Continue reading →