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...short story offers inherent advantages over the novel, stemming simply from the length, which imposes a certain focus and brevity on the author’s prose. The writer can simply offer an evocative scene, without the pressure of maintaining plot momentum and design over the course of a full-length novel. Perhaps the greatest strength of the form is that the story relies so heavily on what is left unsaid. Every gesture, every phrase, every detail in a great story takes on additional significance since it both signals the literal action and evokes everything that is left...
...argue it is unfair to judge the difference between short and long fiction by examining an author such as Flannery O’Connor who is acclaimed for her stories and not her novels. However, this somewhat lopsided example conveys the specific strengths of the short story. While not offering the complex world of a novel, a short story collection can offer genuine snapshots of real human activity. Perhaps American life is better represented through these short visions than through the grand and singular narrative of a novel...
...seniors still looking for a job, it’s now even easier to put that Harvard diploma to good use by running away and joining the circus since the Big Apple Circus is hiring! While they’re not using on-campus recruiting, some of the positions offer “salary, housing, meals, tour transportation and vacation...
...skeptical of promises of rescue by foreign powers, and the trail of failed plans to help Greece deal with its mountain of debt over the past few months has done little to assuage those fears. So despite the news Sunday, April 11, of a European bailout-loan offer worth some $40 billion, with the possibility of $20 billion more from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Greeks are growing increasingly pessimistic about their future. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...Germany is not doing us a favor. No country is doing us a favor," says Spyros Skalitis, a pensioner who has been debating the bailout offer with friends in Athens. "We're just getting more and more in debt ... The position that the country has reached now, it's never going to improve...