Comments on: BiblioShorts: Literary Valentine*

By: J.S. Peyton

J.S. Peyton — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:16:41 +0000

Chris: First of all, thanks for commenting on this post because it reminded me that I need to get those books! I bet studying with Dybek was an amazing experience. He’s a wonderful writer (ugh! why haven’t I gotten that collection yet?). I can only imagine what kind of excellent teacher he would be. I hope you like the rest of the stories in that issue. And, if you’re a writer yourself, I look forward to reading your work in the future!

By: sonnypi67

sonnypi67 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:26:44 +0000

Wow. Was I glad I came across this post. I am a big fan of Dybek, Orringer, and Kirn. I studied with Stuart Dybek and WMU when I was getting my MFA. And it was Stu that introduced me to Walter Kirn, when he passed out his story Planetarium to illustrate “shift gears” at the end of the story.

Discovered Orringer quite by accident when I happen to run across a used copy of her short story collection. I liked the image on the cover. Once I began reading I plowed through the entire book. Then read all over again. I still return to it from time to time. She is supposed to have a novel coming out but it appears that it keeps getting pushed back.

Anyhoo… thanks for highlighting these stories. I l look fwd to reading them call.

-Chris

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:19:31 +0000

Hi Joycelyn,

I’m always writing something; the hard part is getting fiction published. Thanks for the encouragement!

-Dean

By: J.S. Peyton

J.S. Peyton — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:42:07 +0000

Dean, thanks for stopping by. Reading your story was truly a pleasure that was all mine. I apologize for the typo. Really, I do. My own first name is Joycelyn, and it always seems to be afflicted with an invisible “y” because it is frequently misspelled as Jocelyn (and is incorrectly pronounced as such; it’s properly pronounced as JOY-celyn). Anyway, that’s all to say that I apologize for the typo and I hope to have the chance to read more of your writing some time very soon!

By: J.S. Peyton

J.S. Peyton — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:36:48 +0000

Heather, I hope you had the chance to read all of the stories in full. They are each excellent in their own way. And they’re incredibly short!

By: Dean Hebert

Dean Hebert — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:20:38 +0000

Hi -

Thanks for the kind words about “Love is Kryptonite” on your blog. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Just wanted to mention that my last name is “Hebert” (pronounced “Ay-bear”), rether than “Herbert,” which has what I have come to call “the phantom r” added to it.

- Dean Hebert

By: Heather (errantdreams)

Heather (errantdreams) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:39:01 +0000

Those quotes are just gorgeous. I loved each and every one, although I, too, was most grabbed by the ‘Battle Mountain’ quote.