I can’t recommend this book enough! An instant classic in psychological realism, cognitive dysphoria and queer feminist fiction. A must-read for fans of Shirley Jackson & Angela Carter. Machado is a a genre blender and master storyteller, weaving the surreal, fantastical and the horrific. Incredibly relevant. Gives voice to women’s rage, pain and oppression. Effortlessly …
I generally don’t go for short stories, except maybe those by George Saunders or Kelly Link, but I love this author (and the book cover!) so I had to try it. As you might perhaps guess from the title, most of the stories have to do with family relationships but in so many different ways. …
A collection of stories that span many genres written by some of the best LGBT+ writers of our time? Yes, please! Featuring authors such as Robin Talley, Malinda Lo, and Alex Sanchez, this anthology is not to be missed for teens. Ranging from the Civil War to the palace to Chinatown and the high seas, these …
by Peter Kelley for UW News: Charles Johnson, University of Washington professor emeritus of English and award-winning author, has released a new book of short stories, his fourth. The dozen stories in Night Hawks, published this month by Scribner, range from realism to light science fiction, myth and his own personal experiences, laced gently with humor …
Points North is a collection of stories completed by Howard Frank Mosher shortly before he passed away in January 2017 at the age of 74. While the Army Corp of Engineers, an itinerant preacher, local museum trustees, and the courts try to foil the fly-fishing, baseball playing, classics reading and wilderness loving residents of Kingdom …
Celebrate Women’s History Month by reading works from women of color authors in Seattle By LeAnn Nguyen March 5, 2018 for ethnicseattle.com March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to celebrating the contributions that women have made to history and society. While women have been involved in many areas, we wanted to highlight a few who …
March is my birthday month, so I’m using that, and the fact that you are all basically my captive audience for an hour or so [at story time for grown-ups] to subject you to my new favorite book. I’m Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking is a collection of short stories by local(ish) author Leyna …
Tony Ardizzone was interviewed by Walter Wetherell in celebration of the 25th anniversary edition of Tony’s collection of stories, The Arab’s Ox: Stories of Morocco (originally published as “Larabi’s Ox”), on sale February 2018. The book was awarded the Chicago Foundation for Literature Award for Fiction, a Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for …
Completed before his death in May 2017, Denis Johnson’s second short story collection comes 26 years after his first, Jesus’ Son. Fittingly, the pieces in The Largesse of the Sea Maiden are more reflective in tone, longer in the telling, and lighter on the mayhem. What hasn’t changed is Johnson’s masterful phrasing and his mordant humor. …
I tend to avoid books with the word vampire in the title. I also avoid titles with exclamation points. Karen Russell, acclaimed author of Swamplandia!, merrily bulldozed over both prejudices, first with the aforementioned and wonderful novel, and then with Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a tight, bright carnival of short stories that cannot be missed. Russell’s voice is …
