Comments on: 10 Greatest American Short Story Writers

By: cjanglin

cjanglin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:12:53 +0000

I have never heard anyone put Fitz above Hemingway when it comes to short stories. Flannery and Hemingway have to be on there before O’Henry, Salinger, Updike, and Chuck.

By: Fred is My Homegirl

Fred is My Homegirl — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:16:58 +0000

It’s “Frannie and Zooey,” not “Frannie and Zoey.”

By: Aung Win Maw

Aung Win Maw — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:34:40 +0000

I know it’s very hard to make a TOP 10 list, especially in literature. Short stories, even harder.

But seriously, you should title “My Favourite Top 10 …”

p.s. I salute your courage to make such list.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:41 +0000

I howled. No Carver? A list of the 10 greatest American short story writers should list Carver at least 3 times, if not more. He told his stories were so simple, you could almost call them perfect. There’s such a lack of unnecessary words you’d think he was practicing for twitter, but their length never endangered their depth.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:41:01 +0000

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a hack and everyone knows it. his work is a load of shit.

By: face

face — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:57:09 +0000

what about Kurt Vonnegut??

By: Not Desi Arnez

Not Desi Arnez — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:26:05 +0000

@ 165:

The two you’re thinking of are “The Shadow over Innsmouth” and “Facts Concerning The Late Arthur Jermyn And His Family”

By: bax

bax — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:39:38 +0000

this list cannot be taken seriously. ernest hemmingway IS the greatest american short story writer. not only did he produce some of the greatest short stories in history, he changed the art forever. ever since hemmingway, writers have been trying to duplicate what he mastered– the ‘ice berg effect’. “Big Two-Hearted River” is the best short story ever written. no list of american short story writers is complete without hemmingway at the top.

By: jfrater

jfrater — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:07:15 +0000

@kiwiboi (170): So finally I got to read some of the latest comments here and I wholeheartedly agree with you!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:49:06 +0000

Honestly? I love this site but I can’t agree with most of these.

Raymond Carver, Larry Brown, Richard Ford, and Barry Hannah all deserve places on this list.