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Tara Deal
Tara Deal is a writer and editor in New York City and the author of two books from small presses: Wander Luster is a poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press, and Palms Are Not Trees After All is the winner of the 2007 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize from Texas Review Press. Recent poetry and prose... show more
Tara Deal is a writer and editor in New York City and the author of two books from small presses: Wander Luster is a poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press, and Palms Are Not Trees After All is the winner of the 2007 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize from Texas Review Press. Recent poetry and prose have appeared in American Craft (blog), Blip, Freerange Nonfiction, Mixer, and Sugar House Review, among others. And her shortest story can be found in Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer (Norton).She blogs about snippets of NYC life at snyppet.blogspot.com.For more information, visit her website at www.taradeal.com.
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I'll think of a damn title later
I'll think of a damn title later rated it 12 years ago
My favorites, listed by author:- Joe R. Lansdale- Michael Martone- Barry Napier- Jennifer Haddock- Brian Crawford- Eric Hsu- L.R. Bonehill (awesome bio, too)- Ken Bruen- Kirk Curnutt- John Cashman- Robin Hollis- Ann Harleman- Agnieszka Stachura- Gregg Hurwitz- Jenifer Rosenberg- Stuart Dybek- Sarah ...
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ReactionxReader rated it 12 years ago
I read this in about an hour. It's fantastic--the entire time I was cringing or making sad faces or laughing or penning emoticons in the margins. I'm awed by how much the authors manage to convey in so few words. Some of the pieces in the "Love and Hate" section do fall flat, probably because it's h...
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes rated it 12 years ago
I had never heard of flash fiction or micro fiction or any of that other stuff before I read this little book. Hint fiction is apparently a new concept made popular by Robert Swartwood, the editor. He hosted a contest in which people had to submit stories that were 25 words or less with the full imp...
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!"
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!" rated it 14 years ago
I was so inspired by this little anthology of stories told in 25 words or fewer that I decided to do a "hint review" Not quite sure how good it will come out but here we go:---------------------------------------------All of these stories have a sock-it-to-you quality that you may or may not get up...
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debnance rated it 14 years ago
Here's an example of Hint Fiction, the very first story in the book, a story by Joe R. Lansdale called "The Return": "They buried him deep. Again."And that's it. The whole story. Isn't that marvelous? The stories in this book flash like a lightning bolt across the sky of your head when you read th...
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