Martin Roper, Beryl Fletcher, and U Win Pe Panel Discussion
Each of the authors speak of the short story and what it stands to them and how the short story is viewed in their respective countries. Martin Roper sees short story as training ground for the novelist. He speaks eloquently on how he views the short story and how it transcends across the world. Roper believes a good author is one whose presence can be felt within a story but is able to avoid intruding upon the reader. Beryl Fletcher speaks specifically on the New Zealand short story experience and its rural influence. Anthologies are a popular form of publication for the short story there and she explains the process. U Win Pe talks about his life in Burma and the relationship it has to his writing. Christopher Merrill talks of the difference between the American and Canadian styles of short story writing. He believes the appeal of the short story writing is in its expansiveness and is the most that can be said about a highly focused thing, unlike a novel which is the least you can say about a broad topic. The panel takes questions at the end.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Fiction
Authors: Martin Roper , Beryl Fletcher, U Win Pe
Date Recorded: October 06, 1994
Program: --
Format: discussion
Contributors: Christopher Merrill
Topics: Short Story Style
Note: Slight pause at 47:02 and the tape ends before the discussion is over. U Win Pe also known as Win Pe.