The World Doesn’t End

reviewed by Camille Renshaw

Originally published on July 1, 1998

The 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner The World Doesn’t End is the only prose poetry collection to date to win that prestigious award. At the time the outcry and protests of prosaic poets and stuffy reviewers could be heard everywhere. The controversy itself was the only reason I ordered the book. Simic, even though he is [...]

Aliens of Affection

reviewed by Camille Renshaw

Originally published on July 1, 1998

Aliens of Affection is the perfect title for Padgett Powell’s most recent collection of short stories because it is at once alienating and endearing. Powell’s stories precisely reflect his characters’ mental stations and instability, underlining the extremes people go to for sanity. Despite the delirium most of his characters are in, I sympathized with Mrs. [...]

The Essentials of Micro-Fiction

by Camille Renshaw

Originally published on June 1, 1998

Camille Renshaw explores what makes for a good short, short story.

A. Manette Ansay

interviewed by Camille Renshaw

Originally published on January 1, 1998

Camille Renshaw talks with A. Manette Ansay, author of Sister, Vinegar Hill, and Read This and Tell Me What It Says.