Cafeteria by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1968 Continue reading
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‘The Wife’ by Jennifer Jordan
The Wife by Jennifer Jordan, 1990 Continue reading
‘Daisy’s Valentine’ by Mary Gaitskill
Daisy’s Valentine by Mary Gaitskill, 1988 Continue reading
‘Clara’ by Roberto Bolaño
Clara by Roberto Bolaño, 1997 Continue reading
‘Brokeback Mountain’ by Annie Proulx
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, 1997 Continue reading
‘The Lynching Of Jube Benson’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Lynching Of Jube Benson by Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1904 Continue reading
‘The Stout Gentleman’ by Washington Irving
The Stout Gentleman by Washington Irving, 1822 Continue reading
‘Between The Halves’ by John O’Hara
Between The Halves by John O’Hara, 1929 Continue reading
‘Water Child’ by Edwidge Danticat
Water Child by Edwidge Danticat, 2000 Continue reading
January 2018 favorites
The January stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Displaced Person’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘I Can Say Many Nice Things’ by Ben Marcus
- ‘A Temple Of The Holy Ghost’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘The Barber’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘Figures In The Distance’ by Jamaica Kincaid
- ‘Rollingwood’ by Ben Marcus
- ‘Why Do The Heathens Rage?’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘Keela, The Outcast Indian Maiden’ by Eudora Welty
- ‘Wild Plums’ by Grace Stone Coates
- ‘The Looking Glass’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘Truant’ by Claude McKay
- ‘Enoch And The Gorilla’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘The Dark Arts’ by Ben Marcus
- ‘Mary Elizabeth’ by Jessie Faucet
- ‘The South’ by Jorge Luis Borges
- ‘Blueprints For St. Louis’ by Ben Marcus
- ‘Storytellers, Liars, And Bores’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘First Love’ by Ben Marcus
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