Editing T. C. Boyle (section)

==Literary characteristics==
In ''Understanding T. C. Boyle'', Paul William Gleason writes, "Boyle's stories and novels take the best elements of [[Raymond Carver|Carver]]'s minimalism, [[John Barth|Barth]]'s postmodern extravaganzas, [[Gabriel García Márquez|García Márquez]]'s [[Magic realism|magical realism]], [[Flannery O'Connor|O'Connor]]'s dark comedy and moral seriousness, and [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]]' entertaining and strange plots and brings them to bear on American life in an accessible, subversive, and inventive way."<ref>Gleason, Paul William. ''Understanding T.C. Boyle (Understanding Contemporary Literature''. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina, 2009, p. 10.</ref>

Many of Boyle's novels and short stories explore the [[baby boom generation]], its appetites, joys, and addictions. His themes, such as the often-misguided efforts of the male hero and the slick appeal of the anti-hero, appear alongside brutal satire, humor, and [[magical realism]]. His fiction also explores the ruthlessness and the unpredictability of nature and the toll human society unwittingly takes on the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.storysouth.com/nonfiction/2006/08/t_coraghessan_boyle_and_surviv.html |title=storySouth Non-Fiction |publisher=Storysouth.com |access-date=2010-10-28}}</ref> 

Boyle has published eleven collections of short stories, including ''Descent of Man'' (1979), ''Greasy Lake'' (1985), ''If the River Was Whiskey'' (1989), and ''Without a Hero'' (1994). His short stories frequently appear in the major American magazines, including ''[[The New Yorker]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=authorName:%22T.%20Coraghessan%20Boyle%22 |title=authorName:"T. Coraghessan Boyle" : Archive |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=2010-10-28}}</ref> ''Harper's'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpers.org/subjects/TCoraghessanBoyle |title=Boyle, T. Coraghessan (Harper's Magazine) |publisher=Harpers.org |access-date=2010-10-28}}</ref> ''Esquire'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=BOYLE |first1=T. C. |title=WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? {{!}} Esquire {{!}} MARCH '19 |url=https://classic.esquire.com/article/2019/3/1/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it |website=Esquire – The Complete Archive |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref> ''The Atlantic Monthly''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boyle |first1=T. C. |title=The Silence |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/08/the-silence/308040/ |website=The Atlantic |date=13 April 2010}}</ref> and ''Playboy'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boyle |first1=T.C. |title=Not Me |url=https://www.playboy.com/read/playboy-fiction-not-me |website=Playboy |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref> as well as on the radio show ''[[Selected Shorts]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES WITH A.M. HOMES AND T.C. BOYLE |url=https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts/episodes/truth-and-consequences-with-a-m-homes-and-t-c-boyle |website=Symphony Space |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>