The Sock by Lydia Davis, 1985 Continue reading
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‘The Proxy Marriage’ by Maile Meloy
The Proxy Marriage by Maile Meloy, 2012 Continue reading
‘The Most Girl Part Of You’ by Amy Hempel
The Most Girl Part Of You by Amy Hempel, 1990 Continue reading
‘Reading Lessons’ by Edwidge Danticat
Reading Lessons by Edwidge Danticat, 2005 Continue reading
‘The Hanging Of The Schoolmarm’ by Robert Coover
The Hanging Of The Schoolmarm by Robert Coover, 2016 Continue reading
‘Snow’ by Ann Beattie
Snow by Ann Beattie, 1986 Continue reading
January 2020 favorites
The January stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘A Jonquil For Mary Penn’ by Wendell Berry
- ‘A Half-Pint Of Old Darling’ by Wendell Berry
- ‘Greenleaf’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘The Woman Who Came At Six O’Clock’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘One Of These Days’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘Dismemberment’ by Wendell Berry
- ‘Eyes Of A Blue Dog’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘Goodbye, Pops’ by Joe Gores
- ‘Mother’ by Grace Paley
- ‘Making It Home’ by Wendell Berry
- ‘The Fishing-Boat Picture’ by Alan Sillitoe
- ‘Fly Away, Breath’ by Wendell Berry
- ‘Quiet Please’ by Aimee Bender
- ‘Nairobi’ by Joyce Carol Oates
- ‘The Last Voyage Of The Ghost Ship’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘The Hit Man’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- ‘Heart Attack’ by Max Apple
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‘Making It Home’ by Wendell Berry
Making It Home by Wendell Berry, 1992 Continue reading
‘A Jonquil For Mary Penn’ by Wendell Berry
A Jonquil For Mary Penn by Wendell Berry, 1992 Continue reading
‘Dismemberment’ by Wendell Berry
Dismemberment by Wendell Berry, 2015 Continue reading

