Understanding Richard Russo

Index

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (Twain), 11 Amis, Kingsley, 57, 58 Anderson, Sherwood, 12, 47 Babbitt (Lewis), 83 Benton, Robert, 8–9, Best American Short Stories, The, 8 Boylan, Jennifer Finney, 8 Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories, 8, 10, Bridge of Sighs (novel), 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 26, 38, 42, 43, 69, 77, 78, 81–93, 103, 105, 122; connection to Ulysses, 90; consequences of childhood moments, 84–85; dead-end town in, 18, 78; despair in, 86–87; environmental contamination in, 19, 21, 83, 87–88; gambling in, 26; importance of art in, 90–92; marriage in, 15; narrative style of, 11, 28, 81–82, 85–86; nostalgia in, 92; parent-child relationships in, 14, 42, 87, 103, 105; portrayal of African Americans in, 88–90; reviews of, 88–90; settings of, 78, 82–83, 122; socioeconomic class in, 83–84; working-class life in, 12, 81 Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life, 8, 11 Brush with Fate (teleplay), 9 “Buoyancy” (short story), 6, 110–11, 122 “Challenge Court, The” (short story), 17 Colby College, 4, 8, 56 Collected Stories of Richard Yates, The, 8, 9–10, Columbine High School, 76 Corrections, The (Franzen), 78 Creating Fiction: Instruction and Insight from Teachers of the Associated Writing Programs, 8 Death by Pad Thai and Other Unforgettable Meals, 8 Dickens, Charles, 9, 10–11, 48, 104 Down East Books, 7, 8 “Dowry, The” (short story), 17 Elsewhere (memoir), 7, 14, 87, 88, 106, 115, 118–21; reviews of, 121 Empire Falls (novel), 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 28, 42, 43, 64, 69–80, 84, 90, 105, 107, 112, 119; Catholicism in, 74–75; and community, 71, 73, 78; dead-end town in, 18, 69, 71; environmental contamination in, 19, 21; gambling in, 26; humor in, 16, 64, 72; Maine setting of, 71–72; marriage in, 14–15, 42, 73–74; narrative style of, 11, 28, 70–71, 75–76, 85–86; parent-child relationships in, 13–14, 42, 76–78, 105; reviews of, 78–79; school shooting in, 75–77; significance of Empire Grill, 72–73; socioeconomic class in, 72, 73, 79–80, 84; title of, 71; working-class life in, 12 index 140 index Empire Falls (film), 5, 9, 80, 124 Fanshawe (Hawthorne), 57 “Farther You Go, The” (short story), 6, 107, 109–10, 122 Faulkner, William, 47 “Fishing with Wussy” (short story), 32 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 11, 57 Flamingo Rising, The (teleplay), 9, 124 Franzen, Jonathan, 78 Gloversville, N.Y., 1–3, 5, 9, 16, 17–18, 21, 28, 30–31, 69, 78, 82, 83, 88, 115–16, 117, 119, 120–21 Granta (journal), 7, 32, 115, 116, 117, 120 Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 11 Great Expectations (Dickens), 10, 11, 48 Groves of Academe, The (McCarthy), 57 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 57 Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death, and Hospice, A, 8, 112–13 “High and Dry” (essay), 7, 113, 115– 17, 120 “Horseman” (short story), 7, 113, 117–18, 122 “In Defense of Omniscience” (essay), 11 Ice Harvest, The (screenplay), 9, 124 “Intervention” (short story), 7, 113, 114–15 Interventions: A Novella and Three Stories (collection), 7, 106, 113–18, 120, 121 Jarrell, Randall, 57 “Joy Ride” (short story), 110 Keeping Mum (screenplay), 9, 124 Keillor, Garrison, 47 Lewis, Sinclair, 12, 83 Lodge, David, 58 Lucky Jim (Amis), 57 Marks, Percy, 57 McCarthy, Mary, 57 Mohawk (novel), 2–3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17–28, 29, 30, 31, 41, 47, 49, 69, 76, 77, 78, 87, 105, 111, 119; as comic novel, 27–28; dead-end town in, 18, 19, 25–26, 69; environmental contamination in, 19, 21–24, 87, 88, 111; as forerunner to later work, 18–19, 28; gambling in, 26–27; marriage in, 14, 49; narrative style of, 11, 31; parent-child relationships in, 13, 14, 19, 24–25, 76, 105; reviews of, 18, 20; revision of, 17–18 “Monhegan Light” (short story), 6, 109 My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop, 8 “Mysteries of Linwood Hart, The” (short story), 107, 112 Nate in Venice (novella), 3, 7–8, 82, 106, 121–24; as an e-book, 121–22; theme of aging, 122–23; theme of emotional connection, 123–24 Newman, Paul, 5, 54–55, 80 Nobody’s Fool (novel), 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 24, 26, 36...