Short Stories

pen4hire on August 8th, 2011

Destination: Nova Scotia Book: Island: The Complete Stories (hardcover 2000, paperback Vintage copy from Random House in 2002), by Alistair MacLeod For a relatively small province of Canada, and one without major urban centers, Nova Scotia contributes quite a bit to the literary life of the country. More than a dozen small publishing companies serve [...]

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pen4hire on June 27th, 2011

Destination: Ghana, Africa Book: The Civilized World, a NEW book (April 2011)   by Susi Wyss We have taken a look at a book that shows an old, tribal Africa and travel literature about the days of the explorers. Recently I talked about The First Grader, a film that shows the results of the Mau [...]

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pen4hire on December 1st, 2009

Destination: Northern Michigan Book: The Nick Adams Stories, by Ernest Hemingway, arranged and foreword by Philip Young Before the young writer’s Paris reflected in A Moveable Feast, or the Spanish Civil War and the love of bull fighting, Hemingway had Northern Michigan.

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