tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post6964967586393888828..comments2024-03-29T01:01:11.212-05:00Comments on PERPETUAL FOLLY: The New Yorker: "Boys Town" by Jim ShepardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-11486490254422910762011-06-08T06:13:49.128-05:002011-06-08T06:13:49.128-05:00I would rather that writers use the $40/year to su...I would rather that writers use the $40/year to subscribe to 2 literary magazines than to the New Yorker, which publishes only (almost) well known, established writers, many of whom are using the magazine to plug new books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-18222811712456207542011-06-07T23:40:23.777-05:002011-06-07T23:40:23.777-05:00Subscribe to The New Yorker! If we don't supp...Subscribe to The New Yorker! If we don't support the magazine, we'll lose this valuable fiction resource.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-85685112608590404962010-11-14T09:45:01.517-05:002010-11-14T09:45:01.517-05:00I agree that this is a great story. I disagree th...I agree that this is a great story. I disagree that the character is unsympathetic. I think that one of the reasons why this story works so well is because the author is able to make him sypathetic. He loves his son (at least he professes he does), he talks about self improvement, he goes to the library, he's got a dog--all that can make him sympathetic especially when we see how keeps setting himself up for failure. <br /><br />Also, I loved how he went from past to present tense at the end.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682984249418896449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-5547939944094403412010-11-14T07:29:59.527-05:002010-11-14T07:29:59.527-05:00No anthologies, but occasionally a few years of th...No anthologies, but occasionally a few years of the mag will be available on CD. I recently bought the complete set, from the beginning to 2005, and plan to get updates. Quite a resource.<br /><br />There will be an anthology of the 20 under 40 series from this year. I won't be buying that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-17207874754436484542010-11-14T05:51:48.202-05:002010-11-14T05:51:48.202-05:00Yes, agreed about we're probably losing the fr...Yes, agreed about we're probably losing the free story.<br /><br />I'm a bit conflicted really: with the Kindle it would now be easier than ever for me to subscribe, but I think I'd only be subscribing for the one short story, much of the other content isn't relevant for Kiwis, and so much money going out everywhere else, so I guess I'll have to wait for the anthologies (do they do those?)Mark Hubbardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-1903789168515628782010-11-12T22:23:51.609-05:002010-11-12T22:23:51.609-05:00I heard him read from this story at Bread Loaf. Ri...I heard him read from this story at Bread Loaf. Riveting performance.katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216268651978841897noreply@blogger.com