Author

Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver’s publications include a book of poems, At Night The Salmon Move (Capra Press, 1976) and the short story collections Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (McGraw-Hill, 1976) for which he was nominated for the 1977 National Book Award in Fiction and Furious Seasons (Capra Press, 1997). His fiction and poetry have appeared in over seventy periodicals, and his work has been widely anthologized.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Poetry

Dec 01 1980

The Other Life

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Fiction

Mar 01 1980

Gazebo

That morning she pours Teacher’s over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window. I go, “Holly, this can’t continue. This has got to stop.”

Fiction

Mar 01 1980

Want to See Something?

I was in bed when I heard the gate unlatch. I listened carefully. I didn’t hear anything else. But I had heard that. I tried to wake Cliff. But he was passed out. So I got up and went to the window. A big moon hung over the mountains that surrounded the city. It was a white moon and covered with scars. Easy enough to imagine a face there — eye sockets, nose, even the lips.

Fiction

Mar 01 1980

A Serious Talk

Vera’s car was there, no others, and Burt gave thanks for that. He pulled into the drive and stopped beside the pie he’d dropped last night. It was still there, the aluminum pan upside down, a halo of pumpkin filling on the pavement. It was Friday, almost noon, the day after Christmas.