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Gaddis Shorts in Missouri Review
The latest issue of The Missouri Review, called “Experiment” (Vol. 27, No. 2), includes three previously unpublished short stories from William Gaddis.
Of the Gaddis stories, TMR editor Speer Morgan writes, “He wrote the three stories . . . during the ’40s and ’50s, when he was living a bohemian life in New York trying to learn his craft and find his voice. Writers become innovators by a combination of trial and error, accident, temperament, disappointment and discovery. These journeyman pieces demonstrate how naturally Gaddis experimented as he attempted different types of stories and voices. One of them reflects the New Yorker style of the 1940s; another is reminiscent of Beckett and the third is a sincere, moving story about underdogs, with echoes of proletarian fiction.”
This may be of interest to those that are reading Gaddis’ The Recognitions and looking for any little insights into the dour, enigmatic storyteller. I haven’t read this issue yet and it doesn’t appear that any of the Gaddis content is online, but I will post further if I get a chance to pick it up.
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: December 07, 2004
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