Alex Hammer's Short Story introduction. Hello everyone! Cheers!

1. Alex Hammer’s Introduction
Hello fellow Short Story classmates!

2. About Me
✤ I am an English Liberal Arts Major, in my Senior Year here at SUNY
New Paltz.
✤ I was born and raised in Manhattan.
✤ I graduate this Spring and very much look forward to pursue a career
in editorial to some capacity.
✤ I am an avid reader and writer, and I enjoy watching and playing
sports.
✤ I am 22 years old.

3. Favorite Writers
✤ JD Salinger
✤ JD Salinger wrote one of my favorite books of all time, The Catcher
in the Rye, along with Franny and Zooey, and Nine Stories. I enjoy all
of his works very much, and particularly like how he focuses on
giving a detailed description and background on the characters in
his stories, as opposed to focusing on the plot or setting.

4. Favorite Writers Cont.
✤ Ernest Hemingway
✤ Another writer I very much enjoy reading is Ernest Hemingway,
author of modern classics like The Old Man and the Sea, and The Sun
Also Rises, among a plethora of other works. I enjoy his concise
writing style, which somehow is particularly striking while getting
straight to the point.

5. Favorite Writers Cont.
✤ Robert Penn Warren
✤ Another writer I enjoy reading is Robert Penn Warren, who wrote
another one of my favorite novels, All the King’s Men, which was a
detailed look into the corruption present in politics in conjunction
with the morality of the narrator. It is a well-written work while
also being particularly suspenseful.

6. Favorite Writers Cont.
✤ Edgar Allan Poe
✤ Edgar Allan Poe’s poems and short stories are some of my favorite
pieces of literature. I grew up reading his poems, and as I got older
I began reading his short stories. I have read nearly all of his
published works, and enjoy his morbid, creepy style. I am also
very glad that we are reading some of him in this class.

7. Favorite Writers Cont.
✤ Edgar Allan Poe
✤ Edgar Allan Poe’s poems and short stories are some of my favorite
pieces of literature. I grew up reading his poems, and as I got older
I began reading his short stories. I have read nearly all of his
published works, and enjoy his morbid, creepy style. I am also
very glad that we are reading some of him in this class.