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Review of Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles

Amor Towles revisits a character from the wonderful Rules of Civility and also offers multiple New York-set tales. Towles's evocative...

Dec 13, 2023

Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan is one of my favorite writers; in these three stories, she builds layered situations--and then turns them on their heads,...

Nov 17, 2023

Six More Short Story Collections I Loved

More Bossy Short Story Love Some of my fellow readers have mentioned to me in the past that they don't seek out short stories, whether...

Nov 16, 2023

Review of Antarctica by Claire Keegan

Keegan turns her keen eye to the small moments that transform a life in this riveting short story collection. The settings range from the...

May 16, 2023

Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

ICYMI: Sittenfeld shapes fully realized, fascinating characters that stuck with me in the ten stories of You Think It, I'll Say It. I...

Jun 7, 2022

Review of You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead

Shipstead's varied stories range from funny with an edge to darkly haunting. She builds her characters with vivid detail, and she serves...

Jan 28, 2022

Six Short Story Collections to Wow You

Bossy Short Story Love Some of my fellow readers have told me in the past that they don't gravitate toward short stories, whether because...

Jan 13, 2022

Review of Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard

In Jo Ann Beard's lovely essays and short stories, she writes honestly and beautifully about moments large and small, from the...

Nov 22, 2021

Review of Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

King builds each story within Five Tuesdays in Winter to be full, rich, and full of pain and poignancy. I loved this collection. In Lily...

Jul 14, 2021

Review of Big Time: Stories by Jen Spyra

Spyra's humor is edgy, dark, and far from politically correct as she plays up absurd and disturbing scenarios in the name of satire. This...

Jul 12, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a bizarre, dark set of short stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra;...

Jun 29, 2021

Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen

The various Sarahs of Cohen's stories take on frequently unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the...

Jun 17, 2021

Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur

ICYMI: MacArthur's stories, set in rural Vermont, are tragic, beautiful, heartwarming, and heartbreaking. MacArthur, who is from Vermont...

Jun 8, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/8/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery; and...

Mar 9, 2021

Review of The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

There is so much to unpack here; Evans's story themes are often haunting, always powerful, and wonderfully nuanced. She thought the...

Feb 9, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition

01 Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. His father's gone, his mother's in jail, and his best...

Feb 11, 2018

Review of Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

I love how Strout interlinks characters, backgrounds, and stories so gracefully, yet also allows them to stand on their own. As soon as I...

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