Language: en
Written in: 2009
Published: 2009-11-08
Word count: 10,305 words (≈ 41 minutes)
Categorie(s): Fiction, Short Stories
Tags: fence, mcsweeneys, literary journals, twelve stories, literary fiction, flash fiction, short fiction, short stories, Creative Commons
A follow-up to 2006's Single, Cassingle is a collection of stories that originally appeared in Fence, McSweeney's, Bridge: Stories & Ideas, and Twelve Stories. Toronto's Eye Weekly recently wrote of Cassingle, "No matter the cut, this is writing that speaks American, in all its complexity."
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on Jan 26, 2010 at 06:54
Jim writes the kind of stories that sneak up on you. Unassuming at first, they don't fire out of the gate with a lot of fanfare and bluster. They are simple stories, elegantly told, that stay with you long after you've put them down. My personal favorite is "July 4: Easter", which deftly manages to weave together issues of love, relationship power dynamics, guilt, vindictiveness, tradition, and ceremony.
on Nov 17, 2009 at 21:51
The Guest and Nose make me very happy, as do all of Jim's stories. His economy and never-absent wit make the arrival of one of his tales the cause of much celebration. I shall be lugging out the old boom box and popping in this cassingle to listen to the new ones all over again. That's how these e-reader things work, right?