Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...They have never associated alcohol with composition itself. Even [Raymond] Carver, who was alcoholic, said he never wrote a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Culinary Library

Worthwhile gift choices from Santa's book bag

"...His analogies run from rock & roll to Raymond Carver, and all of them are fresh and alive...."

Dec. 13, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Comics Worth Spending Money on

Three Chronicle writers recommend 14 current comics, from standard superhero fare to funny-animal satire to slice-of-life drama.

"...their lives in well-drawn, perfectly composed panels. Imagine: If Raymond Carver had chosen sequential art as his medium. --..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...was for Blackwood a "form of initiation." He quotes Raymond Carver who observed that "once you're a parent, the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

"...comedy that later shows up in the works of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford...."

June 29, 2001 Books Review by Scott Blackwood

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose

"...by Raymond Carver..."

May 4, 2001 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. Raymond Carver was teaching there just before his name was..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...teacher at Stanford), Tom McGuane (McMurtry's classmate at Stanford), Raymond Carver, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich, Richard Ford, and..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Curb Appeal: Where the Heart Is

In Steven Tomlinson's Curb Appeal, Austin's best monologist builds on a basic foundation : the inherent similarities of dating and house-hunting : and constructs room by well-appointed room a more stately mansion of the soul.

"...review-wise. Imagine: David Sedaris possessed by the ghost of Raymond Carver ......"

April 21, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket: Are we going to be tested on this?

Local Arts Reviews

"...School Special and the defeatist world view of a Raymond Carver short story, The Rise and Rise of Daniel..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Edge of Marriage: Stories

"...of turning back. Like the tightly crafted stories of Raymond Carver and pre-postmodern O'Connor, the stark familiarity of commonplace..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Review by Annine Miscoe

A Way They'll Never Be

"...supple and functional that writers from Dashiell Hammett to Raymond Carver could ape it slavishly and yet still be..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Platters

"...GEORGE CARVER AND THE MODERN AGRICULTURE..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

India Ink

The Literary Coming of the Second Continent

"...with Shanti. It's something like what happens in the Raymond Carver story "Where I'm Calling From," where the simple..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Michael J. DiLeo

In Person

Richard Ford July 1, Borders

"...writer at work in this country today (according to Raymond Carver), here are some thoughts to consider as Ford..."

June 27, 1997 Books Feature

Postmarks

Latino Leadership

"...My name is Raymond Meyer (Butch), a person living with AIDS. I tested..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

Tales from the Valley

Author David Rice Interviewed

"...DR: Raymond Carver and Rolando Hinojosa-Smith... Hinojosa-Smith's from the Rio Grande..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Art:

"...French impressionist artists. Selections From the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Collection is on view through January 14...."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Short Cuts

"...Short Cuts is simply Robert Altman by way of Raymond Carver. As with anything this insistently renegade talent does,..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

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