One of the most famous short, short stories is Hemingway's: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. But what about stories that are meant to be seen,... The other day, a book arrived here called The Tiny ...

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“Only connect!” the great 20th-century novelist E.M. Forster urged, and it is a message beautifully brought home to us now, more than 100 years later, by Naomi Shihab Nye in her radiant gem of a book, ...

Here are a few stories, chosen at random, from Austin writer/actor/comedian/polymath Sean Hill's new book: "Nancy's life felt like quicksand. No way to get out. She ...

Syrian writer Osama Alomar is now a U.S. citizen, but his very short stories, originally written in Arabic, evoke the mood of his culture and homeland. Alomar and Nigerian writer Unoma Azuah were ...

"For Sixty Cents" is a terse story, just over 200 words, that brings a moment in a Brooklyn coffee shop to life. It's fragmentary and suggestive, like the pieces Wood expects to hear from listeners.

There's a particularly beautiful piece in "The Stories of Richard Bausch" that bears mentioning right away. The brief story "Letter to the Lady of the House" is told from the point of view of an ...

Alomar will read from The Teeth of the Comb and talk about the Syrian political situation with playwright, director, and former Syrian minister Riad Ismat, and Northwestern political science professor ...

It's easy to feel like you don't have time to read literature — especially hefty works by classic novelists. Between busy jobs and hectic weekends, cracking open a lengthy book that tackles humanity's ...

The other day, a book arrived here called The Tiny Book Of Tiny Stories and I thought, "Oooh, how tiny will they be?" Very short stories can get very, very short and still be good. The most famous ...

The following introduction is from “Fullblood Arabian,” a collection of stories by Osama Alomar, translated by C. J. Collins, which will be released by New Directions later this week. Osama Alomar, a ...