Blogging Steve Almond's Short Stories

Aside from the fact that he writes good short stories, I've written more blogs on Steve Almond's stories than any other writer for two reasons: he has more stories published online than other top writers, and his stories are so well crafted that they make excellent examples for teaching short story craft.
 
Below is a listing of Steve Almond's short stories that I've discussed so far in the weblog. The links in the Stories column take you to other web sites so you can read the story. The links in the Blogs column take you to the weblog archive so you can read that particular entry about the story.


  		  Steve Almond's website
 
 
Steve Almond Interviews
 
Interview with Robert Birnbaum
Interview with Amanda McPherson
Interview with David Barringer
Interview with Jessica Woollard
Interview with Tamara Wieder
Shiny Gun Interview
 

 
Steve Almond Stories Blogs
 		  
"Him Who Lights the Way" Him Who Pays  
"The Cool Cat" Out With the Wedgies
"Ode to a Greasy Earn" "Let us say: How dare you."
"Geek Player, Love Slayer" Live Narration
Casting for Types
Sitcom Averted
"Among the Ik" How Much Love Can You Afford
"Run Away, My Pale Love" Meet the Emotional Atom Bomb
Where There's Smoke, There's a Triangle
"The Evil B. B. Chow" A Prop with Meaning
Structured Chow
"Shotgun Wedding" How to Create a Character in 8 Paragraphs
Extra Onions on That Cheesesteak
They Know Nothing, Nothing
"Life in Syndication" Sit-com Fever
"The Law of Sugar" A Sweet Slice Without the Sugar
"The Darkness Together" The Shadow Knows

 
Other Almond Stories Online  

What Were The Sophists
The King of Corn
The Idea of Michael Jackson's D*ck
The Standard Male Equipment
That Around Which Memory Grows
"Third Nude, Descending"
"Slippy for President"

 

 
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