Today's story is Raymond Carver's "Cathedral." Published in 1983, it is undoubtedly modern in its sensibilities -- reflected in the narrator's indolence and selfishness.

It’s no coincidence that among the 12 pieces in “Cathedral” is a restored version of “A Small, Good Thing,” one of Carver’s greatest stories in its final form.

The classic short story of the “my wife” genre—Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”—is practically a portrait of a wife. It’s dense with candid spousal observation, and the woman breathes ...

Raymond Carver: Collected Stories (LOA #195): Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? / What We Talk About When We Talk About Love /Cathedral / stories from … / other stories (Library of America) ...

Raymond carver was only 50 when he died, in 1988, of lung cancer. Those who knew him personally mourned, and continue to mourn, the loss of a warm and generous friend, a man whose hard early life ...

In 1999, Book-It Repertory Theatre made an unlikely transfer from page to stage. The company took several short stories by the late Yakima-bred and former Port Angeles resident Raymond Carver and ...

Abridged review by Irving Howe of Cathedral, collection of stories by Raymond Carver, which appeared in New York Times Book Review on Sept 11, 1983 (Special Centennial Issue of Book Review) (M) ...

Raymond Carver died at 50, but during his brief career he revived the short story form during the 1980s. His short story collection, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," made him famous ...

Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life is an honest portrait of a man's messy, triumphant, literary struggle. It neither condemns nor exonerates him. In this way, the book is an ultimate tribute to Carver.

The legendary minimalist short story writer Raymond Carver distilled the last decade of his life in his poem "Gravy." "Gravy, these past ten years," he writes. "Alive, sober, working, loving, and ...

<p>Raymond Carver 1938-1988</p><p>Raymond Carver came from the hardscrabble world of the down-and-out blue-collar characters in his stories. "I'm a paid-in-full member of the working poor," he ...