Somebody (thank you, kind person) recommended Nude over at the Postgrad Contemporary Women's Writing Network as a favourite example of contemporary women's short fiction. Look at the other women on the list! I feel like the wide-eyed fan at the party. Lorrie Moore! Maeve Brennan! Daphne du bloody Maurier! Hee hee. That's put a grin on my grumpy gob :)
- Ali Smith – The First Person and Other Stories
- Lorrie Moore – Birds of America (‘What You Want to Do Fine’)
- Emma Donoghue – Astray (‘Onward’, ‘Daddy’s Girl’)
- Jhumpa Lahiri – The Interpreter of Maladies
- Petina Gappah – An Elegy for Easterly
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – The Thing Around Your Neck
- Nicola Barker – Three Button Trick
- Angela Carter – Burning Your Boats
- Margaret Atwood – Good Bones and Murder in the Dark
- Alice Walker – The Complete Stories
- Daphne du Maurier – The Birds and other stories
- Jackie Kay – Reality, Reality
- Maeve Brennan – The Springs of Affections: Stories of Dublin
- Muriel Spark – ‘The Portobello Road’, ‘The Girl I left Behind Me’ & ‘Bang-Bang You’re Dead’
- Lydia Davis – Story and Other Stories
- Amy Hempel – At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir – Nude
- Amy Bloom – A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories
8 comments:
brilliant news, what a line up! So well deserved too Nuala:)
You should be on that list and a lot more like it, you are every bit as good if not better then some of the others mentioned!
A HUGE Congrats pet, it's brilliant, great boost for the New Year.. up Up UP!
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Aw. Thanks peeps :)
Hooray! Nice list. Love Amy Hempel, too.
Of course you are delighted! I would say no matter how many books you write or how successful you have been, you are constantly shocked by this type of stuff. Congratulate yourself on your hard work and creativity!
Cheers, Rozz. Yes, that's the funny thing about 'success' - one never feels successful no matter what anyone else says or thinks. I was highly amused (and flattered) by this list. It doesn't mean I feel successful though ;)
I can understand as the definition of success is a personal thing. The main thing is that you enjoy writing and other people dig your writing and have nice things to say about it! Now, that's success(to me!)
I enjoy writing mostly, Rozz. Sometimes (like today) I struggle :(
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