A Letdown Squid

2011 Bibliography

So, I just finished the second semester of my MFA in Writing at VCFA. I’m at the halfway point. I had to submit a bibliography…

January - July

DeLillo, Don. White Noise. New York: Penguin, 1986. Print

Egan, Jennifer. A Visit From the Goon Squad. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Print

Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections. New York: Picador, 2002. Print

Le, Nam. The Boat. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Print

Lopez, Barry. Resistance. New York: Vintage Books, 2004. Print

Muñoz, Manuel. Zigzagger. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2003. Print

Shivani, Anis. Anatolia and Other Stories. New York: Black Lawrence Press, 2009. Print

Smith, Patti. Just Kids. New York: Ecco, 2010. Print

Treisman, Deborah., ed. 20 Under 40: Stories From The New Yorker. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Print.

July - December

Bolaño, Roberto. The Savage Detectives. New York: Picador, 2008. Print.

Coetzee, J.M., Disgrace. New York: Penguin, 2000. Print.

Hempel, Amy. “Going.” Reasons to Live: Stories. New York: Knopf, 1985. Print.

Joyce, James. The Dubliners. New York: Dover Publications, 1991. Print.

Keret, Etgar. Girl on the Fridge. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. Print

Marechera, Dambudzo. “Protista.” African Short Stories. Ed. Chinua Achebe and Catherine Lynette. Innes. London: Heinemann, 1985. Print.

McCann, Richard. Mother of Sorrows. New York: Vintage, 2006. Print.

Moore, Lorrie. Birds of America: Stories. New York: A. Knopf, 1998. Print.

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, “Minutes of Glory.” African Short Stories. Ed. Chinua Achebe and Catherine Lynette Innes. London: Heinemann, 1985. Print.

Perec, Georges. Life: A User Manual. New Hampshire: David R Godine, 1978. Print.

Queneau, Raymond. Exercises in Style. New York: New Directions, 1981. Print.

Silber, Joan. The Art of Time in Fiction: as Long as It Takes. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf, 2009. Print.

Strunk, William. The Elements of Style. Australia: KT Publishing, 2004. Print.

Vollmann, William T. The Rainbow Stories. New York: Penguin, 1992. Print.

This does not include some of the books I read for fun, like, Mark Dunn’s IBid, or SCUD: The Disposable Assassin. I’m reading more than I ever have and if all I do is get to enjoy more fiction and write literary criticisms I can say that this degree is well worth it. My wife says I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, I’m inclined to agree. BETTER READ = BETTER LIFE.

21 November 2011 · Comments