I became aware of
James Purdy’s work shortly before his death in 2009. Not knowing exactly where to begin, I decided to begin at the beginning with his collection of short
stories titled,
Don’t Call Me By My Right Name (subsequently published
with his first novella
63: Dream Palace as
Color of Darkness (New Directions, 1961)). I haven’t been so
enamored with a short story collection in a very long while. Having recently picked up a copy of
The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy (Liveright, 2013), I look forward to
reading more of his work.
Wired for Books has posted some very good
interviews with Purdy conducted by Don Swaim in the 1980s.
This post originally appeared in slightly different form on FritzPeters.info, April 18, 2009.
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