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A Year in Reading: Chris Stuck
So, lately, I've been second-guessing myself. It's what I do. I'm starting to wonder what kind of writer I am. A short story writer? A novelist? A writer who can do both? I mean, I like novels, I think. They can be fun. I've written a few over my writing life. Two were meh but reached their endings. One, I think, is pretty good and is on submission with editors now. The reason I'm saying this is because I just realized I haven't read one novel over the last year or two.
Three Short Story Collections That Use Humor to Overcome Hardship
The Shortlist Aug. 17, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET GIVE MY LOVE TO THE SAVAGES By Chris Stuck 238 pp. Amistad. $25.99 Stuck’s debut collection, “Give My Love to the Savages,” is both hilarious and harrowing. In nine unique stories, Stuck employs tenderness, humor and refreshing spontaneity to transform the everyday multiplicities of the Black experience into the extraordinary, showcasing truths that are common knowledge for many Black Americans and uncomfortable revelations for others.
We Don't Need to Be Sober to Guard a Wax Museum
We Don’t Need to Be Sober to Guard a Wax Museum Chris Stuck Share article If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. “Cowboys” by Chris Stuck We were supposed to be unarmed security guards, just a couple fellas watching over things, but Ernie carried a gun anyway. He showed it to me my first night working at the museum.
On the Power of the “Unlinked” Story Collection
When I first queried agents about my story collection, I heard this a lot: “These stories are good, but can you link them through a character or a town so I’ll have half a chance at selling this as a book?” Each time, I replied, “Well, the town I’m writing about is America. The character is Black folks. Isn’t that enough?” It wasn’t.
Give My Love to the Savages: Stories
FORMAT Available Description A provocative and raw debut collection of short fiction reminiscent of Junot Diaz's Drown. A Black man's life, told in scenes--through every time he's been called nigger. A Black son who visits his estranged white father in Los Angeles just as the '92 riots begin. A Black Republican, coping with a skin disease that has turned him white, is forced to reconsider his life.
BIPOC Reading Series- November
This bimonthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safety, creativity, and stories of Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color. This event will be hosted by Jessica Meza-Torres, Program Assistant for Programs for Writers. The theme this month is “Ghosts.” Our featured readers are Chris Stuck and Jacqueline Fitzgerald. After our featured readers, there will be time for a few members of the audience to sign up and share their work.
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