tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post6897394446903163032..comments2024-03-28T06:24:25.829-06:00Comments on The Quivering Pen: Short Story Month Giveaway: American Masculine by Shann RayDavid Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-76390884002875465272011-05-28T11:41:56.573-06:002011-05-28T11:41:56.573-06:00I think "American Masculine" is a pretty...I think "American Masculine" is a pretty terrible book: Stilted, self-conscious, emotionally flat, reeking with artifice, written according to the MFA template to please the MFA crowd. He knows Indians and he knows how to write pretty descriptions of Montana, but we've seen the same please-the-academics crap hundreds of times before. Can't somebody who went through a graduate creative writing program please develop a) original thoughts in b) an original voice?Jim Thomsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-44670452287187232592011-05-22T08:32:32.557-06:002011-05-22T08:32:32.557-06:00I can hardly wait to discover Shann Ray's work...I can hardly wait to discover Shann Ray's work. Thank you so much for what you're doing for other Western writers and for Short Story Month.Lynne Peredniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12602493977652423553noreply@blogger.com