The New Yorker has published ANOTHER new Annie Proulx story ***SPOILERS***

[BelAir]

so does a non-subscriber just go to the book store and look for an issue?  (yes, right?)

[fernly]

Just finished it. Really, really liked it. Reminded me more of Brokeback than anything else I've read of hers - lyrical nature descriptions, the scope and sweep of a novel condensed, no, pressurized, into a short story told hard and sharp as flint. And characters who, while very much themselves, remind me somewhat of Ennis, and Aguirre, and Jack - even Jake - in that Archie's singing voice was "halfway between a shout and a song".
There's more I'd like to discuss, but it'd be hard not to give away plot...

[Ellemeno]

Just finished it. Really, really liked it. Reminded me more of Brokeback than anything else I've read of hers - lyrical nature descriptions, the scope and sweep of a novel condensed, no, pressurized, into a short story told hard and sharp as flint. And characters who, while very much themselves, remind me somewhat of Ennis, and Aguirre, and Jack - even Jake - in that Archie's singing voice was "halfway between a shout and a song".
There's more I'd like to discuss, but it'd be hard not to give away plot...

Let's put ***SPOILERS*** in the subject line, then talking about plot is fair game.  Is that okay with you, Jeff, thread-starter?

[Jeff Wrangler]

Let's put ***SPOILERS*** in the subject line, then talking about plot is fair game.  Is that okay with you, Jeff, thread-starter?

Doesn't bother me none. I just wanted to call people's attention to the fact that The New Yorker had published an Annie Proulx story. 

[MsMercury]

I'll have to see if I can find a copy of the New Yorker.

[Ellemeno]

so does a non-subscriber just go to the book store and look for an issue?  (yes, right?)

Or any good magazine store or newspaper stand.

[Clyde-B]

Doesn't bother me none. I just wanted to call people's attention to the fact that The New Yorker had published an Annie Proulx story. 

Thanks for mentioning it!      I would never have known about it otherwise.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Thanks for mentioning it!      I would never have known about it otherwise.

You're welcome! It was an exciting surprise to survey the TOC for the issue and discover it. 

[Front-Ranger]

On retrospect, I wonder if they put that story in especially for Mother's Day. 

[Jeff Wrangler]

On retrospect, I wonder if they put that story in especially for Mother's Day. 

Eeew. ...