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karencarlson's review
4.0
Is it a book or a game? It is a flash collection of 46 ultra-short stories from 25 to 685 words, but the stories have been STRIPPED of the identities of their authors! We must guess: Did a woman get inside the head of Grover Cleveland? Did a man understand why a woman facing a medical trauma would travel to Italy to recapture a perfect moment from her youth? Who was it that told the story of Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, or The Last Taster for the Emperor of China? Does a woman show what it is to howl with the beasts? We know who the writers are - Robert Swartwood, Randall Brown, Sean Lovelace, Pamela Painter, Roxanne Gay, Kathy Fish - but not which piece they wrote!
I have posted extensive comments, including my guesses and the results of two online gender analyzers, at A Just Recompense! Opinions welcomed!
Addendum Feb 3 2013 : and now the stories have been matched with their authors and we can see how we did! I did not do well at all ! But I beat the computers! (Zin)
I have posted extensive comments, including my guesses and the results of two online gender analyzers, at A Just Recompense! Opinions welcomed!
Addendum Feb 3 2013 : and now the stories have been matched with their authors and we can see how we did! I did not do well at all ! But I beat the computers! (Zin)
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