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Love Is Strange: Stories of Postmodern Romance.(Brief Article)

The Review of Contemporary Fiction

| June 22, 1993 | Moore, Steven | COPYRIGHT 1993 Review of Contemporary Fiction. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

These two anthologies will interest readers of this particular issue of the Review, not simply because Vollmann is in both and Wallace in Love Is Strange, but because they also include many of the authors named in the interviews: Eurudice, Mark Leyner, and Kathy Acker are in McCaffery's band, and Rose and Texier's includes Lynne Tillman, Acker again, and A. M. Homes's Barbie story, in addition to much more. Both anthologies come less from the world of creative writing programs than from rock music, television, and the weirder manifestations of pop culture. The titles of the books derive from rock - Day-dream Nation is the title of a Sonic Youth album, and "Love Is Strange" an old song from Mickey and Sylvia (though neither title is actually explained: if ...

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