[nickcarraway]

There are a lot of people critical of Lish's editing of Carver, including Tess Gallagher, but Carver himself seemed to like it.

What is the hate part of your love/hate with short stories?

I really wish I could like Flannery O'Connor more, but I just can't.

[RoosterRedux]

My love-hate with short stories is not actually with short stories but with that part of the South that gave birth to the Southern short story.

It is depressing as hell.

It followers those who love literature around like a fog.

Some commit suicide...but those who live are simply depressed.

The Southern mood is like being followed by an alligator.

You could get a 12-gauge and kill him...but you realize sooner or later that the alligator is you.