Reaching Inside: 50 Acclaimed Authors on 100 Essential Short Stories

The collection of essays "Reaching Inside" explores how short stories have impacted the lives and writing of acclaimed authors, including Shirley Jackson, John Updike, and James Joyce. The contributors include T.C. Boyle, Russell Banks, Richard Bausch, and many others.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 08 June 2023
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc

A captivating and uplifting collection of masterful essays delving into stories that deeply resonate with readers' hearts and minds. Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow once remarked, "A writer is a reader who is moved to emulation." In his remarkable initiative, acclaimed novelist and memoirist Andre Dubus III invited esteemed authors to pen essays about short stories that profoundly impacted their lives and their sense of purpose. These captivating tales, ultimately inspiring them to create their own substantial works, are explored herein.

Richard Russo delves into Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," Joyce Carol Oates explores John Updike's "A&P," Tobias Wolff analyzes Hawthorne's "Wakefield," and Michael Cunningham delves into James Joyce's "The Dead." Through these insightful narratives, readers gain a deeper understanding of the masterfully written stories, as well as the personal journeys and artistic endeavors of the fifty contributors.

The contributors to this anthology are a diverse group of talented writers, including T.C. Boyle, Russell Banks, Richard Bausch, Robert Boswell, Charles Baxter, Ann Beattie, Madison Smartt Bell, Ron Carlson, Lan Samantha Chang, Michael Cunningham, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Emma Donoghue, Stuart Dybek, Dagoberto Gilb, Julia Glass, Mary Gordon, Lauren Groff, Jennifer Haigh, Jane Hamilton, Ron Hansen, Paul Harding, Ann Hood, Pam Houston, Gish Jen, Charles Johnson, Phil Klay, Dennis Lehane, Lois Lowry, Colum McCann, Sue Miller, Rick Moody, Antonya Nelson, Bich Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, Stewart O'Nan, Peter Orner, ZZ Packer, Ann Patchett, Edith Pearlman, Jayne Ann Phillips, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Anna Quindlen, Ron Rash, Richard Russo, Dani Shapiro, Mona Simpson, Jess Walter, Tobias Wolff, and Meg Wolitzer.

Reaching Inside is a testament to the power of storytelling and its ability to inspire and transform. It will transport readers back to the joy of falling in love with reading, reminding them of the profound impact that narratives can have on our lives and our creative spirits.

Weight: 634g
Dimension: 162 x 236 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781567927696