Brother Boniface by Mary Lavin, 1942 Continue reading
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‘In The Middle Of The Fields’ by Mary Lavin
In The Middle Of The Fields by Mary Lavin, 1961 Continue reading
‘The Widow’s Son’ by Mary Lavin
The Widow’s Son by Mary Lavin, 1946 Continue reading
‘Happiness’ by Mary Lavin
Happiness by Mary Lavin, 1968 Continue reading
‘A Choice Of Butchers’ by William Trevor
A Choice Of Butchers by William Trevor, 1972 Continue reading
‘The Piano Teacher’s Pupil’ by William Trevor
The Piano Teacher’s Pupil by William Trevor, 2001 Continue reading
‘When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine’ by Jhumpa Lahiri
When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1998 Continue reading
‘An Upheaval’ by Anton Chekhov
An Upheaval by Anton Chekhov, 1886 Continue reading
‘The Ugliest Babies In The World’ by Vanessa Chan
The Ugliest Babies In The World by Vanessa Chan, 2020 Continue reading
February 2023 favorites
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Dead Men’s Path’ by Chinua Achebe
- ‘At The Clinic’ by Sally Rooney
- ‘Secret Weapons’ by Julio Cortázar
- ‘Bliss’ by Katherine Mansfield
- ‘Every Tongue Shall Confess’ by ZZ Packer
- ‘In The Name Of Bobby’ by Julio Cortázar
- ‘The Cold Boy’ by Benjamin Percy
- ‘Ain’t That Good News’ by Brit Bennett
- ‘The Pace Of Youth’ by Stephen Crane
- ‘I Am Twenty-One’ by Mary Robison
- ‘The Daughters’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘Ray-Ray’s Picture Box’ by James McBride
- ‘Smart’ by Mary Robison
- ‘My Apology’ by Sam Lipsyte
- ‘Billboard’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘Ozème’s Holiday’ by Kate Chopin
- ‘The Waltz’ by Dorothy Parker
- ‘The Green Door’ by O. Henry
- ‘In The Woods’ by Mary Robison
- ‘Sugar Baby’ by Chinua Achebe
- ‘Some Like Them Cold’ by Ring Lardner
- ‘My Last Story’ by Janet Frame
- ‘Haunted’ by Walter Mosley
- ‘Yancey’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘The Neighbor’ by Russell Banks
- ‘A Deserted Street’ by Tawfiq Al-Hakim
- ‘Top Of The Food Chain’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- ‘Miracles’ by Lucy Corin
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