Though Raymond Carver published only a handful of books in his lifetime, he is often considered one of the great American short story writers. Debate still exists as to whether to consider Carver a minimalist for his frequent use of sparse language, a voice of the working class for his commitment to ‘ordinary’ characters, orContinue reading “What About Raymond Carver?”
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The sacrament of the mundane
The Sacrament of the Mundane Tap, tap, morning dear child rap, tap, come along child step, step, help you child up, up, down, down, dressing you child ping, ping, porridge my child ting, ting, tea my child knock, knock, nanny’s child Then I’m gone, silent child.