James Salter

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  • Additional coverage of Salter's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers Supplement, Vol. 9; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 73-76; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 107; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 7, 52, 59; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 130; and Literature Resource Center.
  • Begley, Adam, “A Few Well-Chosen Words,” New York Times (28 October 1990): 40-3, 82-5. (Discusses Salter's life and work.)
  • Gurney, A. R., “Those Going Up and Those Coming Down,” New York Times Book Review (21 February 1988): 9. (Outlines the unifying concept of the stories in Dusk.)
  • Kakutani, Michiko, “Epiphanic Moments,” New York Times (13 February 1988): 16. (Surveys the defining characteristics of the stories in Dusk.)
  • Koenig, Rhoda, “Different Strokes,” New York 21, no. 4 (25 January 1988): 63. (Contends that Salter, in Dusk, “writes with a delicate, surgical touch, in a style that is no less powerful for being sly and cool.”)
  • Salter, James, “Some for Glory, Some for Praise,” in Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction, edited by Will Blythe, pp. 34-40. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. (Salter recounts his personal reasons for writing.)
  • Smith, Wendy, “James Salter: A Life of Dazzling Observations,” Publisher's Weekly 244, no. 36 (1 September 1997): 81-2. (Profile of Salter.)

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Salter, James (Short Story Criticism)

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