When It’s Human Instead Of When It’s Dog by Amy Hempel, 1985 Continue reading
‘In The Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried’ by Amy Hempel
In The Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried by Amy Hempel, 1983 Continue reading
‘Popular Mechanics’ by Raymond Carver
Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver, 1978 Continue reading
‘A Matter Of Time’ by Frank London Brown
A Matter Of Time by Frank London Brown, 1962 Continue reading
‘The Worm In The Apple’ by John Cheever
The Worm In The Apple by John Cheever, 1958 Continue reading
March 2019 favorites
The March stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Doll Queen’ by Carlos Fuentes
- ‘Mystery In São Cristóvão’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘The Decapitated Chicken’ by Horacio Quiroga
- ‘Sansini’ by Roberto Bolaño
- ‘The Fifth Story’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘The Balcony’ by Filisberto Hernández
- ‘The Photograph’ by Enrique Amorim
- ‘The Crime Of The Mathematics Professor’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘Peace On High’ by Rómulo Gallegos
- ‘The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘A Sincere Friendship’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘The Book Of Sand’ by Jorge Luis Borges
- ‘The Buffalo’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘Who, Me A Bum?’ by Luisa Valenzuela
- ‘The Threshold’ by Cristina Peri Rossi
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‘Peace On High’ by Rómulo Gallegos
Peace On High by Rómulo Gallegos, 1962 Continue reading
‘The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World’ by Gabriel García Márquez
The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World by Gabriel García Márquez, 1968 Continue reading
‘Who, Me A Bum?’ by Luisa Valenzuela
Who, Me A Bum? by Luisa Valenzuela, 1975 Continue reading
‘The Decapitated Chicken’ by Horacio Quiroga
The Decapitated Chicken by Horacio Quiroga, 1909 Continue reading


