From the Archive: “Throwing Dirt on the Grave of Minimalism” — Roundtable Talk
By Alex Wexelman
Roughly a decade after it became the predominant style in the art world, Minimalism—a pared down writing style influenced by the likes of Ernest Hemingway—became a popular trend in literature
From the Archive: Bruce Jay Friedman’s Story, “Business is Business”
By Alex Wexelman
The short story, like many of Friedman’s, concerns a working-class Jewish family and the intra-family struggles for success and financial freedom in America.