{"product_id":"still-talking-stories-paperback","title":"Still Talking: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature...\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this eagerly awaited follow-up to\u003ci\u003e Ladies' Lunch, \u003c\/i\u003ethe beloved \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Lore Segal's returns with her final collection stories of the old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth.\"\u003ci\u003e--Slate \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLore Segal was a master of the short story, and this collection shows her in peak form. Profound, dark, and often hilarious, Segal portrays her characters foibles, eccentricities and passions with great compassion and exactness, as they grapple with life, aging, and each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders of \u003ci\u003eLadies Lunch \u003c\/i\u003ewill recognize the educated, urbane nonagenarian women who have been friends for a lifetime, as they tackle aging's affronts with wit, grace and resourcefulness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an Introduction by Vivian Gornick\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLore Segal \u003c\/b\u003e(1928 - 2024) was the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eHalf the Kingdom, Lucinella, Other People's Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHer First American\u003c\/i\u003e and the collection \u003ci\u003eThe Journal I Did Not Keep\u003c\/i\u003e. Her story collection\u003ci\u003e Ladies Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e book of the Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSegal received the American Academy Arts and Letters Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The O'Henry Prize and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize. Her work appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications. In 2023, Segal was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and critic whose work has received two National Book Critics Circle Award nominations and been collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays 2014\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works include the memoirs \u003ci\u003eFierce Attachments\u003c\/i\u003e--ranked the best memoir of the last fifty years by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Odd Woman and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the classic text on writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Situation and the Story.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.2 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45406326685740,"sku":"9781685892517","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/FbhW-pUie19781685892517.webp?v=1781763983","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/still-talking-stories-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}