Raymond Carver
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This Working-Class Writer Is now a Symbol of Elitism June 18, 2025
If a college student is interested in learning how to write fiction, they will often take a class called "Intro to Fiction" or "Intro to Creative Writing".In this class they will usually be asked to submit a short story to the professor, and this sto...
Lucia Berlin vs. Raymond Carver April 24, 2025
I can’t remember the first Raymond Carver story I read. “Cathedral” is a safe bet, but I can’t be sure. I only remember that, in my early twenties, when I began dreaming of a writing life in earnest, there he was. For writers like me (i.e. male mille...
