Short Stories, II - by Elif Batuman - The Elif Life
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Short Stories, II Fireproof your barn! Elif Batuman Oct 04, 2023 ∙ Paid 73 7 1 Share So OK, the thing I was going to say when I ran out of time last week is that, during the weeks I spent adapting an Either/Or -themed short story , I started obsessively listening to the New Yorker Fiction podcast —the one where writers read and discuss stories from the archives. This is such a great resource for anyone trying to game short stories! Not every episode is a slam-dunk, thanks to people like me (I remember ultimately feeling defeated by the weird story I chose in the hope of understanding it better
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