"“The construction of short stories calls for a markedly different set of mind than work on a novel, and for me short stories are at once more interesting and more difficult to write than longer work. The comparative brevity of the story dictates more economical and accurate use of words and images, a limited palette of events, fewer characters, tighter dialogue, strong title and punctuation that works to move the story forward. If the writer is trying to illustrate a particular period or place, a collection of short stories is a good way to take the reader inside a house of windows, each opening onto different but related views—a kind of flip book of place, time and manners.”"
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Pulitzer Prize winnersNovelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesPostmodern authorsPeople from Connecticut
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On her short story collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories in “An Interview with Annie Proulx” in The Missouri Review (1999 Mar 1)
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