This Fluid Thrill: Barry Hannah 1942 - 2010

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Barry Hannah 1942 - 2010

Sad news via the Guardian:

Acclaimed US author Barry Hannah, who won the William Faulkner award for his debut novel Geronimo Rex in 1972, died on Monday, age 67.

Barry Hannah is one of my favourite writers; I'm particularly fond of his short stories. In fact, I was three stories into re-reading his 1978 collection 'Airships' when I heard the sad news.

Airships

There's even a tribute to Hannah in my forthcoming short story collection, A Man Melting. After reading Hannah's story 'Getting Ready', the main character in 'Fat Camp' attempts to fashion his own stilts and wade around his local lake...

Re-reading 'Airships' now takes on a different significance, and also bumps a few more of Hannah's books into the re-reading pile.

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Published Fiction

'Recessional'' - Griffith Review (April 2015)
'Parents in Decline' Griffith Review (May 2014)
'The Cuddies' - Warwick Review Vol.6 No.1 (May 2012)
'Offshore Service' - Griffith Review 34 (Nov 2011); Spanish translation 'Servicio de alta mar' in Hermano Cerdo (April 2012)
'The Bartender's Glass' - JAAM 29 (September 2011)
'Statues' - Slightly Peculiar Love Stories (Rosa Mira) July 2011
'The Waikato Farmers' - The Long and the Short of it (May 2011)
'My Yale and My Harvard' - The Listener, January 2011
A Man Melting, Short Stories - Vintage (Random House NZ) July 2010
'A Man Melting' (title story from my collection) - Sunday Star Times, June 2010
'30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South' - Sport 38 (April 2010)
'Copies' - Essential New Zealand Short Stories (June 2009) and The Best NZ Fiction, Vol 5 (Sept 2008); German translation 'Kopien' in Ein anderes Land (DTV, 2012); Spanish translation 'Copias' in Hermano Cerdo (April 2015)
'Manawatu' - Sport 36 (June 2008)
'Eugene Ruddy' (print only) - Takahe 63 (April 2008)
'The Ditch' and 'Eyes' (print only) - Etchings 4 (Feb 2008)
'The Kick Inside' - Lumière Reader (Jan 2008)
'Christo Redentor' (print only) JAAM 25 (Dec 2007)
'More Great Solos for Clarinet' - Turbine 2007
'Another Language' - Winner of Katherine Mansfield Award Novice Section 2007
'The City We Forgot To Name' (novel extract + more) - Turbine 2006

Published Poetry

'Glen Coe' and 'In Time' - Turbine 2011
'The Link Arcade' - Broadsheet 8 (November 2011)
Five poems and five micro-stories - Pasture no.1 (August 2011)
'Six Napkins', '10 Places I Could Be...' - Trout 16 (Dec 2010)
'Two Days After Tomorrow' - Side Stream 25 (Print, July 2010)
'Translation' and 'Cardio' - Enamel 2 (Print, June 2010)
Free Walking Tour With My Brother', 'The Dog at Christmas'' - Snorkel 11 (April 2010)
'Space for a Thousand Secrets' Brief 38 (Print, Aug 2009)
'The Bumblebee' Blackmail Press 23 (Jan 2009)
Three Poems - The Lumière Reader (Dec 2008)
'Himalyan White' – Turbine 2008
'Distinctions', 'The Poet' - Trout 15 (Oct 2008)
'You Jane Eyre, Me Tarzan Presley' - Snorkel 7 (April 2008)
'Wellington Triptych' - Snorkel 2 (Oct 2005)