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The American and the Southern Short Story: An Interview with Lisa Alther, Elizabeth Cox and Jill McCorkle

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: To celebrate the anniversary of the journal, the committee decided to reach out to three of its honorary members with questions about the art of the short story… Gérald Préher, for JSSE: Why do you think the American short story has remained popular?Lisa Alther: The American attention span has become more and more truncated, for all the obvious cultural reasons. Short stories can be ingested in one sitting, so they appeal to the current American psyche.Jill McCorkle: I like to think that the...

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Author: Gérald Préher

Language: English

Topic: Short Stories in Global Literature

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7017181822

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