Robert Stone (1937–2015) was born in Brooklyn. The child of a schizophrenic mother, he spent several years in a Catholic orphanage, finally dropping out of high school to become a navy journalist. Later he studied with Wallace Stegner at Stanford University and traveled with Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters. He is the author of a short story collection and of numerous brilliant novels, including A Hall of Mirrors, which won the Faulkner Foundation Award; Dog Soldiers, winner of the National Book Award; and Death of the Black-Haired Girl.

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“One of the things I love about Robert Stone’s writing is his ability to work on a great Tolstoyian canvas,” said Tobias Wolff in his introduction of the author, “and at the same time shrink it to these extraordinary intimate moments.” We are glad to present one such moment here: Robert Stone reading his short story “Honeymoon” at Narrative Night 2012 in San Francisco.

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