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Gadget_Girl - Jan 16, 2008 2:58:27 pm PST #3770 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

iTunes U is a great resource for a number of short stories. The University of Tampa has started a section titles "Lit 2 Go". They have a number of stories and poetry available as free downloads and have a website that includes lexile levels, Sunshine State Standards (for those of us who have to worry about those), theme, and a learning activity/graphic organizer.

I've been using a number of the iTunes U resources for my classes this year. I've also been experimenting with to incorporate podcasts as well. Some of the podcasts make great bellringers or anchor assignments.

Sheryl - Jan 16, 2008 3:07:27 pm PST #3771 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Can't think of any short stories to add to the discussion off the top of my head, but I'm a bit sleep-deprived at the moment.

sarameg - Jan 16, 2008 3:23:10 pm PST #3772 of 10001

I need a remote control for moods.

Transportation issues ping the whole independence panic button.

erikaj - Jan 16, 2008 3:30:03 pm PST #3773 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Grace Paley is awesome. Alice Walker has written some good ones, too.

sarameg - Jan 16, 2008 4:14:08 pm PST #3774 of 10001

sarameg, months like yours are why I'm looking to finally start an emergency fund in my savings account, just in case. I have nightmares about my car blowing up on me, and my cat needing emergency surgery, and losing my job all at once.

I don't have to be a cautionary tale, I can be an inspiration?

(I swear to god, I posted this before, but who the hell knows where?!)

Daisy Jane - Jan 16, 2008 4:25:49 pm PST #3775 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

There was a short story on TAL called "The Underminer" that is one of my favorite things I've ever heard. It's on the The Allure of the Mean Friend show and it's all the dialogue of that passive-agressive, bitchy friend who is all, "Yeah, I'll be making six figures now, but I think it's great that you're not in it for the money."

Jesse - Jan 16, 2008 4:30:27 pm PST #3776 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have some newish collections of short stories that have some good ones, including the 2007 Best Unrequired Reading (or something like that) and a McSweeney's collection of Astonishing Tales (or something like that).

Daisy Jane - Jan 16, 2008 4:31:44 pm PST #3777 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

2007 Best Unrequired Reading

Oh I think I have that from the year before! I got it while visiting with Hec and JZ and Matilda at City Lights!

Jesse - Jan 16, 2008 4:32:51 pm PST #3778 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good times.

Oh! And Selected Shorts has a podcast, and that show is good times.

Gadget_Girl - Jan 16, 2008 4:34:20 pm PST #3779 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

I would much rather be reading short stories right now. Alas, my fate is to be finishing term papers. Gads, these kids can't write! It scares me that they are in 11th grade and are incapable of doing a research project.

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