“The Ballad of Cherrystoke,” Melanie McGee Bianchi’s debut short story collection, captures the culture of mountain towns in lower Appalachia.
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All articles filed in Short Stories
“A Calm and Normal Heart”: Eclectic, Witty and Searching
An eclectic, witty and sometimes bittersweet portrait of Indigenous characters in “A Calm and Normal Heart”
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Humor, Dysfunction and Authenticity in “Proof of Me”
A review of Erica Plouffe Lazure’s raw and authentic short story collection, “Proof of Me.”
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“How Strange a Season”: Lush, Seductive and Burdened with History
A review of Megan Mayhew Bergman’s new story collection, “How Strange a Season.”
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Disillusionment and Change in “Antipodes”
A review of Holly Goddard Jones’ short story collection, “Antipodes.”
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Voices in the Storm: Character and History in “The Distortions”
A review of Christopher Linforth’s short story collection, “The Distortions.”
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The Real and Surreal in “The Book of Wanderers”
A review of “The Book of Wanderers” by Reyes Ramirez
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“Manywhere”: Stories in Search of Self
A review of Morgan Thomas’s “Manywhere,” a story collection that has characters investigating identity across time and place.
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Longing and Loss in “You Never Get It Back”
A review of Cara Blue Adams’s debut collection, “You Never Get It Back”
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Grief and Illusion in “We Imagined It Was Rain”
An interview with Andrew Siegrist on his new short story collection, “We Imagined It Was Rain.”
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