Title of Work and its Form: Iron Sky, feature film Author: Directed by Timo Vuorensola, written by Michael Kalesniko and Timo Vuorensola, based upon a story by Johanna Sinisalo and Jarmo Puskala Date of Work: 2012 Where the Work Can Be Found: The film can now be found on DVD and (as of this writing) … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: The Green Mile, novel Author: Stephen King Date of Work: The serialized parts were released monthly in 1996, with a collection published the following year. Where the Work Can Be Found: There are approximately eleven trillion copies of the book in print. Why not pick one up at your … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: “Burn,” short story Author: Ashley Caveda Date of Work: 2011 Where the Work Can Be Found: The story was originally published by the excellent and fun journal Monkeybicycle and can be found right here. Go read it! “Burn” will someday be available in one of the many best-sellers Ms. Caveda … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: “Going Native,” creative nonfiction Author: Francine Prose Date of Work: 2002 Where the Work Can Be Found: The essay was first published in Issue 19 of Creative Nonfiction. Editor Lee Gutkind subsequently chose to reprint the essay in In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction, an anthology of particularly … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: Take Me Out, play Author: Richard Greenberg Date of Work: 2003 Where the Work Can Be Found: The play is performed across the world and the script is available from Dramatists Play Service and in trade paperback. The prestigious Public Theater shepherded the play through its American debut, first … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: “The Ascent,” short story Author: Ron Rash Date of Work: 2009 Where the Work Can Be Found: “The Ascent” first appeared in the Issue 39 of the journal Tin House (Spring 2009). The story was subsequently chosen for the 2010 issue of The Best American Short Stories. You can … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: “Titanic Victim Speaks Through Waterbed,” short story Author: Robert Olen Butler Date of Work: 1996 Where the Work Can Be Found: The story originally appeared in the Fall 1996 issue of The Missouri Review and was subsequently reprinted in Tabloid Dreams, a collection of some of Mr. Butler’s short … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: Pulp Fiction, Feature Film Author: Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, Story by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Date of Work: 1994 Where the Work Can Be Found: The film has been released on DVD and Blu-ray. Here’s the trailer for Pulp Fiction. If you haven’t seen … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: “Psalm 137,” poem Author: Nick McRae Date of Work: 2012 Where the Work Can Be Found: “Psalm 137” was originally published in Issue 50 of the Hayden’s Ferry Review. Mr. McRae has been kind enough to make the poem available on Ink Node; why not read that poem and … Continue reading »
Title of Work and its Form: “Navigators,” short story Author: Mike Meginnis Date of Work: 2011 Where the Work Can Be Found: The story originally appeared in Issue 12 of Hobart, a stellar literary journal. It was subsequently chosen for the 2012 edition of The Best American Short Stories. Element of Craft We’re Stealing: Endings … Continue reading »