SHORT STORY ANALYSES

Introduction

"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx, The New Yorker 10-13-1997
(12-18-05)

"The Year of Spaghetti" by Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker 11-21-2005
(12-12-05)

"A Mouthful of Cut Glass" by Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker 6-6-05
(7-27-05)

"Two's Company" by Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker 5-23-05
(5-31-05)

"Adam Robinson" by Edward P. Jones, The New Yorker 12-20-2004/12-27-2004
(5-10-05)

"Mallam Sile" by Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker 4-11-05
(4-11-05)

"Men of Ireland" by William Trevor, The New Yorker 3-21-05
(3-29-05)

"The Diagnosis" by Ian McEwan, The New Yorker 12-20-04/12-27-04
(3-20-05)

"Disaster Stamps of Pluto" by Louise Erdrich, The New Yorker 12-13-04
(3-13-05)

"The Juniper Tree" by Lorrie Moore, The New Yorker 1-17-05 and "The Roads of Home" by John Updike, The New Yorker 2-7-05, as well as Moore's NYRB review of Updike's The Early Stories
(3-6-05)

"Father Daughter" by Jim Harrison, The New Yorker 3-29-04
(2-20-05)

"Memoirs of Muse" by Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker 11-1-04
(2-14-05)