July 2020 favorites

July 2020

The July stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. 1. ‘Wenlock Edge’ by Alice Munro
   2. ‘The Green Banana’ by J.F. Powers
   3. ‘Corrie’ by Alice Munro
   4. ‘Family Furnishings’ by Alice Munro
   5. ‘A Bird In The House’ by Margaret Laurence
   6. ‘The Mask Of The Bear’ by Margaret Laurence
   7. ‘To Set Our House In Order’ by Margaret Laurence
   8. ‘Mademoiselle Pearl’ by Guy de Maupassant
   9. ‘Gravel’ by Alice Munro
   10. ‘Father Abe’ by James McBride
   11. ‘The Loons’ by Margaret Laurence
   12. ‘A Priest In The Family’ by Colm Tóibín
   13. ‘Robert E. Lee Is Dead’ by Danielle Evans
   14. ‘Brownies’ by ZZ Packer
   15. ‘Some Get Back’ by Robert J. Williams
   16. ‘The Sound Of The Singing’ by Margaret Laurence
   17. ‘Cattle Haul’ by Jesmyn Ward
   18. ‘Visitor’ by Bryan Washington
   19. ‘The Creature’ by Edna O’Brien
   20. ‘Funny Little Snake’ by Tessa Hadley
   21. ‘Connection’ by Mary Gaitskill
   22. ‘Trying To Be’ by Mary Gaitskill
   23. ‘At The Seminary’ by Joyce Carol Oates
   24. ‘An Affair, Edited’ by Mary Gaitskill
   25. ‘The Rise Of Capitalism’ by Donald Barthelme
   26. ‘Exteriors’ by Kathleen Collins
   27. ‘Prue’ by Alice Munro

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