Showing posts with label Virginia Woolf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virginia Woolf. Show all posts

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Between the Acts of Standing and Running

Much hoopla has been made over Ernest Hemingway's super-short story:

For sale. baby shoes. Never worn.

Less well know is Virginia Woolf's even shorter:

For sale. Mattress. Slightly shat.

It won the Newbery Medal that year.