Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver (1938–1988) was an American poet and short-story writer. His works include Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love and Cathedral, which was a finalist for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Fiction | The Online Edition
Call If You Need Me
Raymond Carver
‘I think I even used the phrase second honeymoon to the realtor, God forgive me, while Susan smoked a cigarette and read tourist brochures out in the car’.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Friendship
Raymond Carver
‘But when I look again at this picture that was taken three years ago in London, after a fiction reading, my heart moves, and I'm nearly fooled into thinking that friendship is a permanent thing.’
Poetry | The Online Edition
What the Doctor Said
Raymond Carver
‘He said are you a religious man do you kneel down / in forest groves and let yourself ask for help.’
Essays & Memoir | Issue 21
Where he was: Memories of my Father
Raymond Carver
‘June was summer nights and days, graduations, my wedding anniversary, the birthday of one of my children. June wasn't a month your father died in.’
Fiction | Issue 8
The Compartment
Raymond Carver
‘How would he act when he saw the boy at the station?’