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Prospectus for an Anthology
O'Connor, Frank | November 10, 1956 issue

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Storytelling has always seemed to the author a peculiarly American art form; it may even be the American art form. Teaching the subject in American colleges has only convinced the author that he was right. Publishers continue to assure the young writer that short stories do not sell, magazine editors never cease trying to persuade their readers that what they really love is a nice juicy, factual article on "My Psychoanalysis" or "How I Kept My Hair"; but short stories continue to be written and discussed with the passion reserved for painting in Paris. One magazine alone rejects thirteen thousand stories submitted by young writers each year.

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SHORT stories; PUBLISHERS & publishing; STORYTELLING; FICTION; LITERATURE; AUTHORS
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