Exteriors by Kathleen Collins, 2016 Continue reading
‘Visitor’ by Bryan Washington
Visitor by Bryan Washington, 2020 Continue reading
‘Cattle Haul’ by Jesmyn Ward
Cattle Haul by Jesmyn Ward, 2008 Continue reading
‘The Rise Of Capitalism’ by Donald Barthelme
The Rise Of Capitalism by Donald Barthelme, 1972 Continue reading
‘Trying To Be’ by Mary Gaitskill
Trying To Be by Mary Gaitskill, 1988 Continue reading
‘Connection’ by Mary Gaitskill
Connection by Mary Gaitskill, 1988 Continue reading
‘An Affair, Edited’ by Mary Gaitskill
An Affair, Edited by Mary Gaitskill, 1988 Continue reading
June 2020 favorites
The June stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Like It Or Not’ by Deborah Eisenberg
- ‘Across The Lake’ by Deborah Eisenberg
- ‘The Rug’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘Mrs. Reinhardt’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘Number Ten’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘The Flaw In The Design’ by Deborah Eisenberg
- ‘The Connor Girls’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘Comfort’ by Mary Gaitskill
- ‘All The Way In Flagstaff, Arizona’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘Fatality’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘The Girl On The Plane’ by Mary Gaitskill
- ‘In The Hours Of Darkness’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘The Two Davises And The Rug’ by Lydia Davis
- ‘Twilight Of The Superheroes’ by Deborah Eisenberg
- ‘Aren’t You Happy For Me?’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘I Live On Your Visits’ by Dorothy Parker
- ‘Wedlock’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘Nobody In Hollywood’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘The Third Tower’ by Deborah Eisenberg
- ‘Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest’ by Sherman Alexie
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‘The Girl On The Plane’ by Mary Gaitskill
The Girl On The Plane by Mary Gaitskill, 1997 Continue reading
‘Comfort’ by Mary Gaitskill
Comfort by Mary Gaitskill, 1997 Continue reading

