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Originally Posted by caleb72
I didn't mind that story as much. There was something very real about it. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I appreciate the "realness" of what Joyce was giving me in these stories. The problems I had were more that they didn't go anywhere that made me feel like the thought was complete. I sort of felt like I'd taken the trip for nothing a lot of the time.
Some stories I liked more than others though.
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These were likely the prototype of 'New Yorker Stories.'
Very few of the short stories published there seem to be fulfilling for me as a reader.