Where I’m Calling From
I read a Raymond Carver story for The New Yorker fiction podcast
Hello, Community,
For The New Yorker Fiction Podcast, I read the Raymond Carver story, “Where I’m Calling From,” and discuss it with Deborah Treisman, New Yorker fiction editor.
To listen, hit this link.
Hope you like it!
Sherman
p.s. And I have one of my own essays flying your way later today.
This is an excellent reading. Raymond Carver was the Willie Nelson of short story writing. Everything he created was perfect because it was all authentic to his voice.
I discovered Carver’s writing in the same undergraduate BFA course that I was assigned your story “A Drug Called Tradition.” That was the semester I learned the power of short stories.
The best part was when Deborah Treisman compared the scene of being in the well to that of being inside a chimney -- looking at that patch of sky -- and you were all "Wow!", excited to see something in a new way. Loved the story and the conversation after. Great choice. Carver's images remain resonating in my mind.