If you read this blog for awhile, or you know me, you might know that I have a particular fondness for good short fiction - see here, here and here. I'm always intrigued when I read a new writer, and I am thrilled when I find that they've produced something wonderful. I had that experience reading the first story in this collection by David Leavitt, "The Term Paper Artist". Some people would likely be turned off by the subject matter (a novelist writes papers for young men at UCLA in return for getting to give them blow jobs), but it's a terrific piece of work. Smart, thoughtful, insightful, and very sharply written. The other two stories in this collection don't measure up to that one, but I'm definitely going to try to read more of his work.
Posted by armand at February 21, 2005 09:29 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Books