Saturday Show #14: Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver

Summary: Saturday Show Podcast #14 Topics:<br> – Theme and message in stories, including “The Bath” and “A Small, Good Thing” by Raymond Carver and the movie “Sideways.”<br><br> – The evolution of Raymond Carver’s writing style, as evidenced by the differences in the 2 stories mentioned above.<br><br> – Vonnegut-esque character descriptions.<br><br> – The effect on the reader of imitating Hemingway’s style, to the point of harming your narrative flow and structure.<br><br> – The Dirty Realism school of writing.<br><br> – The redemption/metamorphasis of the character Miles in “Sideways” and how that contrasts to the lack of change in Jack.<br>