This season, I’m particularly grateful for grit lit, which I dared to revisit this summer after a years-long hiatus.
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All articles filed in Short Stories
Capturing “what it is like to live beside, beneath, above, near, and among others”: Lydia Davis’ “Our Strangers”
A review of Lydia Davis’ new collection, “Our Strangers.”
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Risk, Rebellion, and Growth in “Good Women”
Halle Hill’s story collection, “Good Women,” features women on the precipice of change.
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LaToya Watkins Explores the Sweat, Love, and Lies of Texas in “Holler, Child: Stories”
A masterful and deeply heartful look into the lives of a diverse set of emotionally complicated characters in this short story collection set in Texas.
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Everything Falls into Place in “The Geography of First Kisses”
A review of Karin Cecile Davidson’s story collection, “The Geography of First Kisses.”
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Surreal, Gritty Realism in Drew Buxton’s “So Much Heart”
An interview with Drew Buxton on his new short story collection, “So Much Heart.”
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Fanning the Flames with Cathy Ulrich’s “Small, Burning Things”
Bradley Sides interview Cathy Ulrich about her new collection of short stories, “Small, Burning Things.”
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“Maybe This Is What I Deserve” Delivers Disorienting Flash Fantasy
Tucker Leighty-Phillips’ debut story collection is both nonsensical and fulfilling.
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“The Great American Everything” Is a Quiet, Memorable Debut
Social injustices are at the heart of Scott Gloden’s short story collection.
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“Sing With Me at the Edge of Paradise” Imagines What the World Could Be
A review of Joe Baumann’s short story collection, a magical realism debut.
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