January 2022 favorites

January 2022

The January stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘The Whole World Knows’ by Eudora Welty
2. ‘Clytie’ by Eudora Welty
3. ‘The Family Meadow’ by John Updike
4. ‘Travis, B.’ by Maile Meloy
5. ‘Ava Wrestles The Alligator’ by Karen Russell
6. ‘Displaced’ by Richard Ford
7. ‘Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976’ by Maile Meloy
8. ‘Uncle High Lonesome’ by Barry Hannah
9. ‘Alaska’ by Alice Adams
10. ‘Riddle’ by Thomas McGuane
11. ‘Flower Hunters’ by Lauren Groff
12. ‘Treasure State’ by Smith Henderson
13. ‘Magnolia Flower’ by Zora Neale Hurston
14. ‘Happy’ by Joyce Carol Oates
15. ‘Without Inspection’ by Edwidge Danticat
16. ‘FAQs’ by Allegra Goodman
17. ‘Boys’ by Rick Moody
18. ‘Through The Safety Net’ by Charles Baxter

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