http://johnmiedema.ca/2007/10/18/short-stories-the-awkward-little-brother-of-novels/ books, libraries, technology Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://johnmiedema.ca/2007/10/18/short-stories-the-awkward-little-brother-of-novels/comment-page-1/#comment-436 John Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:07:38 +0000 http://johnmiedema.ca/?p=231#comment-436 Thanks Mary. Just to open the conversation a bit, I've add a post on the topic. Have a good day. Thanks Mary. Just to open the conversation a bit, I’ve add a post on the topic. Have a good day.

]]> http://johnmiedema.ca/2007/10/18/short-stories-the-awkward-little-brother-of-novels/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Mary Novik Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:26:53 +0000 http://johnmiedema.ca/?p=231#comment-438 Here are a few thoughts, for what they're worth. I haven't read any of these collections (I've heard McLean on the radio), but the first two, Home from the Vinyl Cafe and Murder Most Crafty, "equally light and humorous", seem like light, quick bathtub reads to me. No great loss if they fall in the suds. The last three sound more substantial. Home Schooling and Bloodletting made it on the Giller list; Bloodletting won. The first two might better be called "light prose," analagous to "light verse". Here are a few thoughts, for what they’re worth. I haven’t read any of these collections (I’ve heard McLean on the radio), but the first two, Home from the Vinyl Cafe and Murder Most Crafty, “equally light and humorous”, seem like light, quick bathtub reads to me. No great loss if they fall in the suds. The last three sound more substantial. Home Schooling and Bloodletting made it on the Giller list; Bloodletting won. The first two might better be called “light prose,” analagous to “light verse”.

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