Great satire and lots of fun! I think all corporate execs with a bent toward political correctness should have a loop recording of this playing in their offices at all times!
Wow! Carrier takes on the wide-world of dysfunction, hints at its disruptive power, and wraps it all in an idyllic cloak of innocence fringed with danger. This one left a knot in the gut. I hope he turns it into a novel!
Wonderful what Winter does in capturing the tragedy of a life that could have been so different as witnessed by the parallel-but-not course of the narrator's life. Really good!
Comments by Seth Slater
Comment for ""Clowns" read by author Emil Wilson"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 06:29 PM | Permalink
Just What Our Execs Need
Great satire and lots of fun! I think all corporate execs with a bent toward political correctness should have a loop recording of this playing in their offices at all times!
Comment for ""The Voices In My Head" read by author Jack Handey"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 06:17 PM | Permalink
Herds of Lint
Anyone whose writing acknowledges urges to play at corralling herds of lint deserves a thumbs up in my book!
Comment for ""I Lied" read by author Scott Barbour"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 06:06 PM | Permalink
Coach Me Please
I think I want Barbour to coach me through my next job interview! This was laugh-out-loud funny!
Comment for ""What I Don't Tell Him" read by author Victoria Melekian"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 06:00 PM | Permalink
Gentle Possibilities
In just three minutes, Melekian made me believe in gentle possibilities.
Comment for ""Trout Stream Families" read by author Scott Carrier"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 05:52 PM | Permalink
Idyllic Cloak
Wow! Carrier takes on the wide-world of dysfunction, hints at its disruptive power, and wraps it all in an idyllic cloak of innocence fringed with danger. This one left a knot in the gut. I hope he turns it into a novel!
Comment for ""Best Friends Seriously Forever" read by author Elizabeth Crane"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 05:39 PM | Permalink
Lingering Smile
A delightful, feel-good piece! I love how Crane captures the speech and tone of adolescent best friends. This story feels like a lingering smile.
Comment for ""Sleeping" read by author Katharine Weber"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 05:29 PM | Permalink
Mini-Hitchcock
This was great! Like a Hitchcock plot in miniature -- that is, miniature in size, but definitely not in impact. I loved this!
Comment for ""Tommy" read by author Kelly Ruth Winter"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 05:20 PM | Permalink
Great Stuff
Wonderful what Winter does in capturing the tragedy of a life that could have been so different as witnessed by the parallel-but-not course of the narrator's life. Really good!
Comment for ""Proofs" read by author Richard Rodriguez"
Seth Slater
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 04:30 PM | Permalink
Powerfully Poignant
Amazing social commentary and narrative arc in such a short span of time. Very moving. I'd love to hear stories like this on the radio.