raymond carver will not raise our children

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Dave Newman

… what all writers realize: writing is as hard as making clouds and the sky is already filled.

— Dave Newman,
Raymond Carver Will Not Raise Our Children

Dave Newman’s Raymond Carver Will Not Raise Our Children

Dave Newman’s Raymond Carver Will Not Raise Our Children is about getting over the life you thought you were supposed to live, so that you can get on with living the life you have. On the surface, the story is much the same as the story in Bukowski ‘s Post Office: A guy gets a job. He doesn’t like the job. Sometimes he shows up drunk and sometimes he doesn’t show up. Then he gets fired. The End. What’s different is that Newman’s Dan Charles has something Bukowski’s Henry Chinaski never had—a family he’s determined to stick it out with. Continue reading Dave Newman’s Raymond Carver Will Not Raise Our Children