![]() A compilation of stories from three previous out-of-print collections, Tell Me: 30 Stories,was released by Counterpoint in 2002, following quickly on the heels of Why Did I Ever, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 2001 and the winner of the LA Times Book Prize. In the late 70s, Robison began publishing stories in The New Yorker, which went on to feature much of her fiction. She’s been a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi for ages, along with the illustrious Barthelme boys, Frederick and Steven. In some ways, Robison strikes me as a sort of literary equivalent to Lucinda Williams. Not exactly underrated, here is a writer who has been– lately –underread: Mary Robison is a short story writer whose gift for the quick sentence and dead-on characterization is astounding. ![]() Alas, I am slow as molasses, so I sent my response in too late, but here’s what I would’ve said, had I been more timely: ![]() ![]() A while back, Jeff Bryant asked me who I consider to be an underrated writer for a list he was compiling over at Syntax of Things. ![]()
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