Book reviews, writing tips and social commentary by Michael Burke
Diane Williams
Everything, Everywhere – Reading Diane Williams’ short-short stories is like diving into the deep end of a warm pool when you’re not sure if you’re swimming or drowning or just thrashing wildly to get to the surface. And then: brilliance. Stories such as “To What Beautiful End?,” “Zwhip-Zwhip,” “I Hear You’re Rich,” and “Mother of Nature” rival the punch and the power of the best prose poems.
Michael Burke's new short story collection, "What You Don't Know About Men," is now available for purchase. The book tells the funny, heartbreaking stories of 20 sometimes shy, sometimes sexy, often sentimental men who march through life as punch-drunk fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, friends and lovers. (Book design and cover photograph: Sheila Sachs)
I am the author of the short story collection, "What You Don’t Know About Men," and the plays "Wama-Wama Zing Bing" and "Let’s Spend Money." I occasionally appear as a guest lecturer in English and fiction-writing classes (most recently: Columbia College Chicago, College of DuPage and Northeastern Illinois University) and as a performer at various literary readings. I was born in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood and now live in Edgewater with my husband, the magician Robert Charles. (Author photograph: Michael Caplan)
I am a past chairman of the Board of Directors at Public Narrative, which annually honors Chicago-area journalists with Studs Terkel Awards.In 2011, I served on the Nominating Committee for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. In 2006, I was inducted into the Northern Star Hall of Fame at Northern Illinois University.
Contact me at poetsknow@yahoo.com.
Watch the new book trailer for Michael Burke's short story collection, "What You Don't Know About Men." The book can now be ordered at your local bookstore -- The Book Cellar in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood is my favorite -- and online. (Many thanks to Ilene Slonoff for her careful and caring editorial suggestions for the book.)
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