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One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.
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Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.
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When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.
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There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.
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Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.
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The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.
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Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions.
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That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.
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The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form.
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