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    Island Idylls

    Island Idylls riffs on books and life with Barry Menikoff. Author of Stone Mother, Brooklyn born and bred, retired Hawaii university professor, international scholar. Evangelical pastor Aaron Menikoff, author of Politics and Piety, spices this dialogue between father and son. Both chasing that elusive line in an old song, What's it all about, Alfie?
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    Episodes (36)

    25 - Introduction to the Short Story

    25 - Introduction to the Short Story

    Episode 25 tackles the subject of the short story. What is it (yes, of course, itโ€™s short)? But thereโ€™s more to it than that. In this episode Barry defines terms and gives us a crash course in some of the most important, twentieth-century, writers.

    In Episode 26 weโ€™ll take a deep dive into Barryโ€™s introduction to The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson.

    One more thing: if you missed the writers Barry talked about in this episode, hereโ€™s a guide:

    Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

    Katherine Ann Porter (1890-1980)

    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1949)

    D. H. Lawrence (1880-1930)

    William Faulkner (1897-1962)

    Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

    Richard Wright (1908-1960)

    Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

    Truman Capote (1924-1984)

    Do you have questions for us? Email us at islandidylls@gmail.com

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