Call If You Need Me

Raymond Carver has been a favorite writer of mine since college, and when I saw Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Others Prose, I decided to revisit an old friend. The new stories are solid, but not like my favorites “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” or “Are These Original Miles” or “What’s In Alaska.” The prose is informative since it tells us about his literary inclinations, influences and opinions on writing and other subjects. It was nice to revisit an old favorite, which reminds me I’d like to re-read The Great Gatsby since they are going to discuss it on the Slate Book Club soon.