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DIY MFA Reading List: “Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee
South Africa after apartheid is no country for old men in J.M. Coetzee’s “Disgrace”
DIY MFA Reading List: “Escapes” by Joy Williams
Joy Williams’ characters practice enlightenment by exclusion in this sad, sparse collection of short stories.
DIY MFA Reading List: “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson
In trying to show us the light, Marilynne Robinson illuminates the darkness.
DIY MFA Reading List: “Collected Stories” by Raymond Carver
The tortured collaboration between Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish produced a masterpiece in American short fiction.
DIY MFA Reading List: “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
Truth is stranger than fiction in Tim O’Brien’s brilliant meditation on the Vietnam War.