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Ron Rash

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible - but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a nov

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Ron Rash values short fiction because it demands the precision and vividness found in poetry, requiring him to use every word carefully. At the same time, it challenges him to build a complete story, even though it is much shorter than a novel.

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