Today's post for the Year Club is one of those rare occasions when I am not posting on an Australian short story. The simple reason is that I could not find one in my anthologies, and I am keen to read from my physical TBR. Happily, I found one in Great short stories by African-American … Continue reading Langston Hughes, Feet live their own life (#Review, #1961 Club)
Review – Short stories
Adeline F. Ries, Mammy: A story (#Review)
Adeline F. Ries's short story "The scapegoat" is the sixth in the anthology Great short stories by African-American writers, which my American friend Carolyn sent me. Like the previous author, Emma E. Butler, Adeline F. Ries is barely known. Adeline F. Ries The biographical note at the end of the anthology, like that for Butler, … Continue reading Adeline F. Ries, Mammy: A story (#Review)
Emma E. Butler, Polly’s hack ride (#Review)
Emma E. Butler's short story "Polly's hack ride" is the fifth in the anthology Great short stories by African-American writers, which my American friend Carolyn sent me. Unlike the previous author, Paul Laurence Dunbar, is barely known. Emma E. Butler The biographical note at the end of the anthology comprises three sentences! The first two … Continue reading Emma E. Butler, Polly’s hack ride (#Review)
Teffi, The examination (#Review, #1925 Club)
Mostly for the Year Clubs, I read an Australian short story, usually from one of my anthologies. However, for 1925, I couldn't find anything in my anthologies, so turned to other newspaper-based sources, including Trove, but I mainly found romances or works that were difficult to access. And then, out of the blue, I found … Continue reading Teffi, The examination (#Review, #1925 Club)
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Sister Josepha (#Review)
It's a year since I've posted on a Library of America (LOA) story, but I was driven to post on this one for two reasons. I have just posted a review of "The scapegoat" by Dunbar-Nelson's first husband, Paul Dunbar, and, earlier this year, I reviewed "A carnival jangle", written by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, before marriage … Continue reading Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Sister Josepha (#Review)
Paul Laurence Dunbar, The scapegoat (#Review)
Paul Laurence Dunbar's short story "The scapegoat" is the fourth in the anthology Great short stories by African-American writers, which my American friend Carolyn sent me. Compared with the previous author, Gertrude H. Dorsey Browne, Dunbar is much better known. Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Dunbar c. 1890, from The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920, Public … Continue reading Paul Laurence Dunbar, The scapegoat (#Review)
Gertrude H. Dorsey (Browne), An equation (#Review)
Gertrude H. Dorsey's short story is the third in the anthology Great short stories by African-American writers, which my American friend Carolyn sent me. It presented an unexpected challenge. Gertrude H. Dorsey (Browne) The biographical note at the end of the anthology is one of the shortest provided by the editors. It goes: Who was … Continue reading Gertrude H. Dorsey (Browne), An equation (#Review)
Charles W. Chestnutt, Uncle Wellington’s wives (#Review)
Charles W. Chestnutt's long short story is the second in the anthology Great short stories by African-American writers sent to me by my American friend Carolyn. I have come across Chestnutt before, in the Library of America's Story of the Week program, but they haven't published this one and I haven't written about him before. … Continue reading Charles W. Chestnutt, Uncle Wellington’s wives (#Review)
Kylie Tennant, The face of despair (#Review, #1952 Club)
Once again, as I've been doing for most to the Year Clubs, I am using it as an opportunity to read an Australian short story, usually from one of my anthologies. For 1952, however, the anthologies came up empty, but I did find one via AustLit, and then tracked it down in The Bulletin. The … Continue reading Kylie Tennant, The face of despair (#Review, #1952 Club)
Frank Dalby Davison, Dusty (#BookReview)
It's a strange coincidence that my second review for Bill's Gen 1-3 Aussie male writers week is for a novel titled Dusty, when my first was for a short story titled "Dust". One of those funny little readerly synchronicities. The title, however, is about the only synchronicity because, although both stories allude to the dusty Australian landscape, … Continue reading Frank Dalby Davison, Dusty (#BookReview)
Whispering Gums 