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She was a brilliant painter, really an exceptional artist, and she suffered a lot of pain.

99 Stories of God by Joy Williams

February 9, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a strange collection of little vignettes and even minor epics. Ostensibly this is a series of stories about God, people interacting with or being touched by God, and in some cases little tongue in cheek conversations with God. This may or may not sound appealing on its face, but the tone of this collection is a little tongue in cheek, with an earnest but not cloying faithfulness and reverence. It’s like if your hippie California aunt who sings in the church choir and […]

Filed Under: Short Stories Tagged With: 99 stories of god, joy williams

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:78 · Genres: Short Stories · Tags: 99 stories of god, joy williams ·
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Another “Catcher in the Rye”

September 16, 2016 by Ale 1 Comment

This book was painful. I’ve been hearing about Joy Williams frequently in my MFA and she shows up in almost every single faculty presentation. So I decided I should see what all the hype is about and I finally bit the bullet with “The Changeling”…I like Irish Fairy stories…I’m writing a novel threaded around the Changeling idea…it was just reprinted and has a pretty high star rating on Goodreads. Goodreads lies. This felt a lot like “Catcher in the Rye.” There was decent prose, there […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Changeling, classic literature, fairytale, joy williams

Ale's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Changeling, classic literature, fairytale, joy williams ·
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