The blue box
Subtitle: flash fiction & poetry
By: Ron Carlson
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9781597092753
Subjects: American Short stories
Description: "Ron Carlson is a master of the contemporary short story. In The Blue Box, he extends that mastery to the short short story, offering us a captivating glimpse of a writer at play. With that voice of his-sharp, sensitive, and wry, brimming with good humor-Carlson inhabits one standby after another of the American pop landscape, past and present: monster flicks, action heroes, unsupervised teenagers, blogging. Coming in for special scrutiny is the world of education, in hilarious send-ups of recommendation letters, teacher evaluations, style guides, and a MOOC. Whimsical, wistful, and gently surreal, The Blue Box delights in life's unending absurdities, and reminds us not to take anything-especially ourselves-too seriously. "--
Table of contents: title: You must intercept the blue box before it gets to the city --; title: Warm, buttered, cinnamon toast killed Cranky Bear --; title: Who will withstand the test of time? --; title: Sate --; title: Party at the beach party house --; title: The moon --; title: The pitcher sees the coach approach -- Water landings -- Advice on finding another love like me -- After surgery -- Walk-bridge --; title: Recommendation for Gordon Lee Bunson --; title: Recommendation for Cleo Descartes --; title: Recommendation for Sterling Ogerladder --; title: My true style guide --; title: My MOOC --; title: My soldiers --; title: My maladies --; title: Teaching evaulation --; title: Dangerous relice --; title: When the monster is actively moving toward you-how to start the car --; title: How to be a man --; title: The captain's daughter --; title: Sky king --; title: How things have actually changed since we did secede from the United States --; title: In Jeddah --; title: An epic ephithalamion for Ashley and Ryan --; title: Horror story at Lonely Lake --; title: We went up to Quencher's Point --; title: Teenagers are going overnight to the island without supervision!