Let's hope they have some writing with the list
I'm excited to see Karen Russell, long a fav of this blog, on The New Yorker list of "20 under 40" fiction writers. "The list will be published in the double fiction issue of The New Yorker that arrives on newsstands Monday," the NYT tells us. Can we have writing with this list, please?
Between Russell, the fantastically debuting Joshua Ferris, all the folks who have blown me away in their New Yorker work (like Yiyun Li), let's feature their short stuff and forget about Talk of the Town for a week.
In related news, it appears that Russell's Swamplandia! is now due for either a February 2011 or spring 2011 release. Looking forward to it.
Update, days later: Should've mentioned that I first heard about the issue via Gawker's quality "How to Complain About The New Yorker's 20 Favorite Writers Under 40." And the post answers my concern — "eight of whom will be published in an upcoming 'fiction' special; the other 12 in subsequent issues of the magazine." Awesome.
June 12th, 2010 at 7:57 AM
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