Raymond Carver's famous short story collection title has become one of the blogosphere's most popular headline jokes. Full Article at mediabistro.com

Have you noticed how much bloggers and media people like naming their work after Raymond Carver's excellent 1981 short story collection "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?" They do. Full Article at Gawker

I INTERVIEWED Raymond Carver just once – in 1985 – and enjoyed meeting him. A large man, dressed all in black, he was quietly spoken, earnest and thoughtful in a way that made me feel I was lucky to have this long talk with him. Full Article at The Scotsman

There is much about the work of John Darnielle that is potentially imposing, but sitting down to prepare for an interview with him I found the thing most daunting to confront is his generosity. Full Article at PopMatters

Where does a writer's voice come from? From the intuitive stylistic choices that the author makes on the page? We like to think so – it's what lends the most recognisable of prose styles their authenticity. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

IN HIS ESSAY, On Writing , the gifted American realist Raymond Carver wrote: “Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications. It’s akin to style, what I’m talking about, but it isn’t style alone. Full Article at Irish Times