short story
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But it also lends weight to a theory I’m tracking that the short story is due a big comeback—potentially giving brands a way into arguably one of the last advertising-free spaces in society: the bookstore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A Florida English professor is suing her former public college, alleging she was fired after its president objected to an award-winning short story she assigned in a freshman literature course.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The six-page hand-written short story, Pryce's Buoy, has been transcribed in full for the first time and studied by Sarah Dillon, professor of literature at the University of Cambridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was reviewing the 1968 television movie “The Thanksgiving Visitor,” an adaptation of the Truman Capote short story.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The bio on his other two books—one based on his grad school dissertation and one short story collection—says, “He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Philadelphia suburbs.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
