Jill McCorkle

Mar 6, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Jill McCorkle

Author Jill McCorkle has published a collection of short stories about the secrets and small misdeeds that can stay with us forever. She speaks with host Lisa Mullins. Book excerpt: ‘Old Crimes and Other Stories’ By Jill McCorkle ★ The Lineman I am a lineman for the county. It’s true and there was a time when Pam laughed when I said that but now she just smirks and turns away; now she monitors the time I spend with Amanda and counts the days until the divorce comes through.

Mar 6, 2024 | everand.com | Jill McCorkle

Author Jill McCorkle has published a collection of short stories about the secrets and small misdeeds that can stay with us forever. She speaks with host Lisa Mullins. Book excerpt: ‘Old Crimes and Other Stories’By Jill McCorkle★ The LinemanI am a lineman for the county. It’s true and there was a time when Pam laughed when I said that but now she just smirks and turns away; now she monitors the time I spend with Amanda and counts the days until the divorce comes through.

Jan 26, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Elizabeth James |Jill McCorkle |C.D. Rose |Julie Myerson

Are you already tired of winter? Perhaps the poetry offerings this week are just the ticket to place you back in the moment: "both elegant and visceral," Theophanies, the debut collection from Muslim poet Sarah Ghazal Ali, "gives women's bodily and spiritual experiences primacy"; Russell Brakefield "draws from a deep well of emotional honesty and musical language" for the 52 poems in his Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West.

Jan 2, 2024 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Jill McCorkle

Marnie’s isolation morphs into desperation in “Swinger” when she discovers her recently deceased boyfriend Roland had a box of photographs of nude ex-girlfriends. Self-described as “one of those women who people didn’t give things to,” Marnie grows distraught because he never asked her to contribute to his collection. She watches prison workers clear the road as she roams around their residence mourning Roland, waiting for his ex-wife to kick her out of his house.

Oct 1, 2023 | journals.openedition.org | Jill McCorkle

1When the light is just right—late afternoon, clear sharp angles—Loris Ward can look into the glass door of her shower and see a reflection of the little green house that backs up to her yard, as clear as if she’s watching television. Everything has to line up just right to see it, and she has yet to figure it out. Does it come from the window or the mirror over the sink, where Alton’s razor is still sitting, though he will never shave himself again.