tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003413413144076877.post4566278349850444322..comments2023-11-05T03:15:29.251-08:00Comments on Jamey Genna: Upcoming flash fiction publicationsJamey Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17876041618281334688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003413413144076877.post-54663710158971673102008-01-15T16:52:00.000-08:002008-01-15T16:52:00.000-08:00oh don't listen to the sourpusses.oh don't listen to the sourpusses.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003413413144076877.post-68227465675642750982007-12-27T21:05:00.000-08:002007-12-27T21:05:00.000-08:00It's nice to know there's support for this art for...It's nice to know there's support for this art form. I do enjoy writing longer fiction and don't necessarily have a preference. I think I grew up on long jokes told around the table, playing cards and appreciate a short story that has that ironic twist like Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour."Jamey Gennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876041618281334688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003413413144076877.post-81927068025899224322007-12-22T13:14:00.000-08:002007-12-22T13:14:00.000-08:00I agree with your reservations about the vitriolic...I agree with your reservations about the vitriolic article on flash fiction.<BR/><BR/>Does the author of that article think John Updike, Grace Paley, Francine Prose, and Dave Eggers are mediocre MFA types? All of them have published short-shorts.<BR/><BR/>Inspired by the short-shorts in Janet Burroway's WRITING FICTION, I wrote several short-shorts and posted a review of her book on amazon. Five of my short-shorts appear in the Fall 2007 issue of ZYZZYVA magazine.<BR/><BR/>I've signed up for your course in Berkeley.<BR/><BR/>C J Singh, drcj@berkeley.eduAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003413413144076877.post-84314877649557155922007-12-15T14:42:00.000-08:002007-12-15T14:42:00.000-08:00Flash Fiction is an art form. It is a difficult a...Flash Fiction is an art form. It is a difficult art form. One day it will take its rightful place along side the poem, short story, novel and play as one of the great art forms of literature; and I don't think that day is too far away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com