Email Author Rhena Tantisunthorn

2008 Stories by Rhena Tantisunthorn

• This American Life via Satellite

  published April 30, 2008

  There's just something about Ira Glass. Maybe it's his awkward, thoughtful pauses when introducing the next act on his weekly radio show. Maybe... More >>

• Leif Enger

  published April 30, 2008

  It is the general belief that the success of most novelists' sophomore attempts is inversely proportional to the success of their first novels.... More >>

• Keith Gessen

  published April 30, 2008

  Keith Gessen's first novel, All the Sad Young Literary Men, centers on three young men, recent college graduates, filled with the angst... More >>

• Leif Enger

  published April 30, 2008

  It is the general belief that the success of most novelists' sophomore attempts is inversely proportional to the success of their first novels.... More >>

• Night of Poets

  published April 16, 2008

  You were probably going to let National Poetry Month slip by with nary a recognition. Shame on you. National Poetry Month might not be comparable... More >>

• Climate Change

  published April 16, 2008

  Quilting has long been an art form that spans both ends of the practical-whimsical spectrum. Sure, they're great for cuddling underneath on cold... More >>

• Fireside Literary Series: Sun Yung Shin

  published February 20, 2008

  Do not let the thicket of the first few poems in Sun Yung Shin's collection Skirt Full of Black turn you off from venturing further... More >>

• Manil Suri

  published February 20, 2008

  The narrator of Manil Suri's second novel, The Age of Shiva, is Meera, a young woman in post-independence India caught somewhere... More >>

• Listening for Frogs in Guyana

  published February 13, 2008

  Picture a night out at the bar after a heavy rain. Having just been out for a meal, the available males are well sated. They peer over the... More >>

• Giovanna Dell'Orto

  published February 13, 2008

  After September 11, 2001, headlines around the world read: "We are all Americans." As Giovanna Dell'Orto describes in her new book, The... More >>

• Lynn Cox

  published February 13, 2008

  At age 17, open-water swimmer Lynne Cox found herself being followed by a baby gray whale while training for an upcoming channel crossing.... More >>

• Fireside Literary Series: Lise Erdrich

  published February 6, 2008

  While the debate continues on whether there are four, seven, eight, or thirty-six basic story plots in the world, Lise Erdrich has narrowed it... More >>

• Lise Erdrich

  published February 6, 2008

  While the debate continues on whether there are four, seven, eight, or thirty-six basic story plots in the world, Lise Erdrich has narrowed it... More >>