R. T. Smith (1) (1947–)
Auteur de Uke Rivers Delivers: Stories (Yellow Shoe Fiction)
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent R. T. Smith, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
R. T. Smith is the editor of the journal Shenandoah at Washington and Lee University.
Œuvres de R. T. Smith
Shenandoah: Appalachian Poetry (55:1) 1 exemplaire
The Cold Mountain Review 1 exemplaire
Shenandoah Spring /Summer 2003 (Strongly Spent: 50 Years of Poetry) Volume 53, Number 1-2 1 exemplaire
Lee in winter : Lexington, 1867 1 exemplaire
Shenandoah (Vol 54) 1 exemplaire
Waking Under Snow - Poems 1 exemplaire
Shenandoah (55:3) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Contributeur — 223 exemplaires
Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry (1983) — Contributeur — 69 exemplaires
Editor's Choice II: Fiction, Poetry & Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1978-1983 (Contemporary Anthology Series) (1987) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Smith, Rodney Theodore
- Date de naissance
- 1947
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Relations
- Kennedy, Sarah (wife)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 27
- Aussi par
- 14
- Membres
- 103
- Popularité
- #185,855
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 35
The few instances of success ("Plinking," "Stop the Rocket," "Razorhead the Axeman," and the title story) are quite good, but these are only 4 stories out of 16; and beyond these four, the collection falls away quickly. If you can get hold of any of these stories without spending the $17, that's the way to go.
A few of the pieces (most notably "Visitation" and "Blaze") peter out in the no-man's-land between vignette and story, almost as if they realize the ground they're working has been repeatedly tread for 60 years or more. "Visitiation" in particular is pointless rewriting of O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" (which the story itself seems to admit with it's peacock in the background), but in this case eviscerated of all social and moral context. With that stuff gone, who cares?… (plus d'informations)