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Too Busy for a Novel? Read These Short Stories Instead

One of the central questions I had when shaping my story collection, Proof of Me, was how to invite into it a unified feel, how to place each story to be in conversation—geographically, thematically, linearly—with what follows. I also sought for each story to stand on its own, offering a... Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

[ Electric Literature | 2022-08-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
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David Lott Sees His Stories Published

The late author's story collection 'Back in Brookford' was released through his self-publishing imprint, Nichols Street Press, in June. The stories use details common to late-20th-century life as anchors for eerie and unsettling events. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Essential Works of Fabulist Fiction

Kathryn Harlan, author of the new story collection 'Fruiting Bodies,' picks 10 books that represent fabulism at its best. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Janelle Monáe’s first book expands the world of her music

"The Memory Librarian," by Janelle Monáe, is a story collection about a dystopian near-future surveillance state where all who don’t conform are hunted down. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-20 12:01:15 UTC ]
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A new story collection is coming from George Saunders.

George Saunders has been busy—teaching the craft of writing (rigorously, one might add) on Substack, as well as continuing to teach at Syracuse—but his personal writing hasn’t taken a backseat: on October 18, Random House will publish Liberation Day, his new short story collection. (!!!)... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-03-11 18:09:44 UTC ]
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10 Most Underrated Sherlock Holmes Stories

Lyndsay Faye, author of the new story collection 'Observations by Gaslight,' ranks the 10 Sherlock Holmes adventures most deserving of greater recognition. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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L.A. is gloriously unstable ground for Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's slippery stories

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of the story collection "Likes," a finalist for the Times Book Prize in fiction, talks about her destabilizing work. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-08 13:30:24 UTC ]
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What does the afterlife look like? ‘The Ghost Variations’ offers 100 possibilities

Each of the stories in Kevin Brockmeier’s story collection can be read in less than two distressing minutes. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador lands Mulvey's stories and debut novel

Picador has landed a story collection and debut novel from Niamh Mulvey, writer of publishing newsletter “In the Read” and a former Quercus commissioning editor. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-04 22:15:18 UTC ]
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In Danielle Evans’s ‘The Office of Historical Corrections,’ the sorrows are personal but also deeply historical

The author of “Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self” delivers a magnificent, searing new story collection. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Walter Mosley changes gears with ‘The Awkward Black Man,’ a meditation on health, aging and life

The story collection is a departure for the beloved writer best known for his Easy Rawlins mysteries. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Izumi Suzuki, counterculture icon and SF legend, will finally be published in English in 2021.

Izumi Suzuki, whose works of science fiction have earned her a special place in Japanese counterculture, will soon make her English-language debut with a story collection whose synopsis sounds almost unbearably cool. Verso Books will publish Terminal Boredom, a short story collection, in April... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-04 16:26:09 UTC ]
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In Emma Cline’s story collection, ‘Daddy,’ flawed men reap what they sow

As in “The Girls,” Cline’s wit is on point and her writing is evocative and seductive. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-04 08:54:40 UTC ]
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Sam Pink’s ‘Ice Cream Man’ explores life on the fringes

The story collection follows dishwashers, sandwich makers and machine operators going about their days. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-19 14:59:56 UTC ]
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HarperCollins bags new Katherine Heiny Novel

4th Estate will publish Katherine Heiny’s new novel and story collection. Heiny is the author of Standard Deviation and Single, Carefree, Mellow. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 14:37:18 UTC ]
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Revisiting American Short Stories Selected by John Updike

This week, Annalisa Quinn reviews John L’Heureux’s story collection “The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast.” In 1984, L’Heureux wrote for the Book Review about “The Best American Short Stories 1984,” selected by John Updike. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2020-01-03 10:00:04 UTC ]
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Even before Twitter, Dale Peck was stirring the pot. He’s at it again with a new book.

In his story collection ‘What Burns,’ Peck doubles down on his urge to unsettle. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-06 16:04:43 UTC ]
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In ‘The World Doesn’t Require You,’ a fictional town delivers essential truths

Rion Amilcar Scott’s story collection is set in Cross River, founded by the members of a successful slave rebellion. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-09 22:09:32 UTC ]
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Emma Cline’s next book is a short story collection called Daddy, and it’s coming out soon.

Good news for all fans of strange cults, luscious writing, and page-turners: as Publishers Lunch reports, Emma Cline’s first story collection, Daddy, will officially be published in 2020 by Random House (and Chatto & Windus in the UK). As you may recall, Random House bought three books by... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-06 16:48:24 UTC ]
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