American short story writers

Everyday Use by Alice Walker seems to be about a strong-willed African-American mother who lives with her daughter Maggie in a small house with an “extended living room” that they both “made so clean and wavy”. The mother in this story lives her simple yet complex life content of what she has; and not what she needs. She hopes that both of her daughters; Maggie and Dee, will be forever blessed and fortunate enough to succeed in living their lives by the example she leads. After dinner Dee…

I have now written five short stories, several poems, and three unfinished novels. Yet, my passion for writing has not waned. However, this passion did not always exist. The catalyst that ignited the fire was an assignment. Despite it being school related, this was no ordinary homework. “Class, today we write a short story in honor of our poetry curriculum” those were the words that lit the path for a future I had never dreamed. For that assignment is one of the best occurrences to happen, it…

J.K Rowling, Stephen King, Lewis Carroll. These best selling writers in literature are all known for developing popular books, or in J.K Rowling’s case, popular franchises, such as the Harry Potter franchise. However, these particular writers have something else in common too: all of these writers go under fake pen names. Pen names are Fake or sometimes abbreviated names that authors go by if they would like to get published or produce new content, specifically if you…

In “Be American,” Carlos Bulosan reveals the lack of choice a Filipino had at the time through the story of someone’s cousin, Consorcio, and his struggle to gain citizenship in America. Bulosan’s short story shares this idea of no choice with a political cartoon known as “What Will He Do,” which depicts President McKinley deciding whether or not to keep the Philippines or “send them to Spain” while the globe watches for his decision. Through the visual of President McKinley making a decision for…

Modernist era was born. Many writers turned away from the traditional writing of morality and being to write about the world along with its powerful impact. In this time of war there was a message that had to get through to the people and many writers used their stories to get that point across, for example F Scott Fitzgerald, “You don 't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say”. Among many of the famous Modernist writers, Ernest Hemingway played a…

Jackson’s housewife status with her production of Gothic narratives (Hague), to the many riveting and haunting short stories, “The Lottery”, that would quickly become one of the best- known and most frequently anthologized short stories in English (Franklin) and to this day still leave a magnitude of her readers in wonderment and dismay. The prominent Shirley Jackson, legendary American…

Kate Chopin's short story, Desiree's Baby, is a work that explores multiple themes commonly considered taboo for late 19th century discussion. Most writers of the time rarely elucidated on such themes; and least of all female writers. To fully appreciate the work in its entirety, one must first understand the social critique of the times and then formulate an idea of just how impactful a story such as this one could be. This was an era in which the majority of creative literature focused on…

Edgar Allen Poe has been crowned a writing genius for his poetry and short stories. Some of his most notable works have been tales of mystery and the macabre. Even today, numerous of Poe’s literary works remain iconic pieces of American writing. Of his many works, “The Cask of Amontillado” is a prime example of tales of macabre. In order to be a true grim tale, Poe needed to create the mood of the short story. Edgar Allen Poe decisively conveyed an ghastly, ominous mood in “The Cask of…

Raymond Carver is a popular American short story writer. Carver’s short stories consisted in a collection that all connect in one way or another. For example, in the collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? , all of the short stories are a continuation of the previous short story. Raymond Carver writes each story in a way that they all relate with a twist. He makes his readers think and figure out the hidden clues in each story. Carver’s main subject in majority of his work focused on…

gothic style writing into her short stories and novels. Many of her short stories have been converted to dramas because of their unexpected story lines. Years after publication, Jackson’s stories are still considered some of the greatest works in American literature. Throughout Shirley Jackson’s short stories “The Lottery”, “The Possibility of Evil”, and “Charles”, there are grim plot twists at the end of the stories that make the reader realize the real meaning of…