David Lynn
Great KR Short Fiction Contest Entries
On Friday I packed up the finalists from the KR Short Fiction Contest and shipped them off to Ron Carlson, this year’s judge. What an amazing set. I’d had the pleasure, along with Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, of reading the semi-finalists chosen…
Print Vs. Internet: An Ongoing Conversation
This blog is largely drawn from my Editor’s Notes to the Fall Issue of The Kenyon Review. If you read on, you’ll see why it’s appropriate to this venue as well. I’m about to finish writing a new short story.…
LOVE MEDICINE: Week Five
So we’ve come to the last installments of our online discussion of Louise Erdrich’s LOVE MEDICINE. I’ve enjoyed it–especially many of the thoughtful and insightful responses. This is the first time we’ve undertaken such a project, and I’d really welcome…
LOVE MEDICINE DISCUSSION – Week Four
Sorry to be a little late in getting this post posted–it’s a busy time at The Kenyon Review. Not least because we’re getting ready for the KR Literary Festival on November 6-7, which will be a total blast. And because…
LOVE MEDICINE Discussion: Week Three
The first two stories/sections we’ll be discussing this week, “The Plunge of the Brave” and “Flesh and Blood,” are both set in 1957. During the course of the novel we see Nector Kashpaw, Marie Kashpaw/Lazarre, and Lulu Nanapush/Lamartine from their…
