Araby (short story) Araby (short story) "Araby" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." Through first-person narration, the reader is immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems to be illuminated only by the verve and imagination of the children who, despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, insist on playing "until [their] bodies glowed." Even though the conditions of this neighbourhood leave much to be desired, the children’s play is infused with their almost magical way of perceiving the world, which
I Sing the Body Electric (short story collection) I Sing the Body Electric (short story collection) I Sing the Body Electric! is a 1969 collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury. The book takes its name from an included short story of the same title, which in turn took the title from a poem by Walt Whitman published in his collection "Leaves of Grass". The collection includes these stories: In 1998, Avon Books published "I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories", which includes all the stories from the original collection as well as the following stories from "Long After Midnight": Joanna Russ reviewed the collection favorably, saying