Someone to Talk To | Critical Overview
All Around Atlantis, the short-story collection in which "Someone to Talk To" appears, was critically well received. Two of the stories from the collection, "Across the Lake" and "Mermaids," won O. Henry Awards. "Someone to Talk To," though not considered the best story of the collection by many critics, was occasionally mentioned in reviews. A reviewer from Kirkus Reviews calls the story "superb," and R. Z. Sheppard, in a review for Time magazine, specifically praises the character Beale: "In 'Someone to Talk To,' a journalist who won't stop gabbing about himself...
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