August 2023 favorites

August 2023

The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘All Will Be Well’ by Yiyun Li
2. ‘Virginia City’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
3. ‘A Consent’ by Wendell Berry
4. ‘The Hurt Man’ by Wendell Berry
5. ‘A Sandstone Farmhouse’ by John Updike
6. ‘Wednesday’s Child’ by Yiyun Li
7. ‘After The Theatre’ by Anton Chekhov
8. ‘Don’t Send A Boy To Do A Man’s Work’ by Wendell Berry
9. ‘The Devastating Boys’ by Elizabeth Taylor
10. ‘The Bride’ by Maeve Brennan
11. ‘The First Kiss’ by Clarice Lispector
12. ‘Exit Zero’ by Marie-Helene Bertino
13. ‘The Lost Bet’ by Wendell Berry
14. ‘Home Sickness’ by George Moore
15. ‘Bettering Myself’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
16. ‘The Management Of Grief’ by Bharati Mukherjee
17. ‘Brawler’ by Lauren Groff
18. ‘Plan Of The Peak Cavern’ by Emily Temple
19. ‘Three Days’ by Samantha Hunt
20. ‘Gryphon’ by Charles Baxter
21. ‘Cords’ by Edna O’Brien
22. ‘The Archivist’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
23. ‘Moon Rocket’ by Elizabeth Spencer
24. ‘Separation’ by Clare Sestanovich
25. ‘Thicker Than Liquor’ by Wendell Berry
26. ‘The Cult Of Mary’ by Laura Van Den Berg
27. ‘You Are Now Entering The Human Heart’ by Janet Frame
28. ‘Wide Spot’ by Thomas McGuane
29. ‘A Prize For Every Player’ by A.M. Homes
30. ‘Lord Emsworth And The Girlfriend’ by P.G. Wodehouse
31. ‘Resistance’ by Stephan Enter

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