The Short Story Shakes Itself Out of Academe

Almost no one makes a living from writing short stories anymore. The story has to a large extent been severed from its traditional roots, from popular, large-circulation magazines, that is, and it has been transplanted into the greenhouses of the academy. Collections of stories occasionally sell more than modestly, especially if they’re by new authors. Oddly, though, you can still make a pretty good living by teaching other people how to write short stories. The form survives, and even thrives, in a forced, hothouse sort of way, because it has become the instructional medium of choice in most of our writing programs. Read More.

August 25, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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