The Johnson Girls by Toni Cade Bambara, 1972 Continue reading
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March 2022 favorites
March 2022
The March stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Foaling Season’ by Aryn Kyle
- ‘Something That Needs Nothing’ by Miranda July
- ‘The Mountain Day’ by Jean Stafford
- ‘Blackie’ by Elizabeth Spencer
- ‘Tiny In The Wilderness’ by Tom Drury
- ‘Mrs. Box’ by Michael Chabon
- ‘Small Avalanches’ by Joyce Carol Oates
- ‘My Kinsman, Major Molineaux’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ‘Jacklighting’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘The Prospectors’ by Karen Russell
- ‘A Wagner Matinée’ by Willa Cather
- ‘Nest Egg’ by Jesse Stuart
- ‘On The Oregon Trail’ by Caitlin Horrocks
- ‘The Sentimentality Of William Tavener’ by Willa Cather
- ‘Snakebite’ by Arthur Bradford
- ‘Impulse’ by Conrad Aiken
- ‘Residents And Transients’ by Bobbie Ann Mason
- ‘Giving Blood’ by John Updike
- ‘Rain On Tanyard Hollow’ by Jesse Stuart
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‘Jacklighting’ by Ann Beattie
Jacklighting by Ann Beattie, 1982 Continue reading
‘Residents And Transients’ by Bobbie Ann Mason
Residents And Transients by Bobbie Ann Mason, 1982 Continue reading
December 2020 favorites
December 2020
The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Mirrorball’ by Mary Gaitskill
- ‘Accident Brief’ by Karen Russell
- ‘The Unknown Masterpiece’ by Honoré de Balzac
- ‘Drinking Coffee Elsewhere’ by ZZ Packer
- ‘The Half-Husky’ by Margaret Laurence
- ‘Home For Christmas’ by Carson McCullers
- ‘Seven’ by Edwidge Danticat
- ‘A Room Forever’ by Breece D’J Pancake
- ‘The Weirdos’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
- ‘Irina’ by Mavis Gallant
- ‘The Lily-White Boys’ by William Maxwell
- ‘The Pocketbook Game’ by Alice Childress
- ‘The Dancer’ by Patricia Highsmith
- ‘The Yo-Yo’ by P.D. James
- ‘Temptation’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘Ordinary Nudes’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘Neighbors’ by Anthony Tognazzini
- ‘The Canebrake’ by Mohammed Mrabet
- ‘Odd Behavior’ by Lydia Davis
- ‘The Warmth Of Things’ by Nélida Piñón
- ‘Times’ by Ann Beattie
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‘Times’ by Ann Beattie
Times by Ann Beattie, 1983 Continue reading
‘Trying To Be’ by Mary Gaitskill
Trying To Be by Mary Gaitskill, 1988 Continue reading
February 2020 favorites
February 2020
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Lunch At The Loyola Arms’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘The Most Girl Part Of You’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘The Proxy Marriage’ by Maile Meloy
- ‘Snow’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘The Metal Bowl’ by Miranda July
- ‘A Talking Cure’ by Justin Taylor
- ‘Turgor’ by Mary Gaitskill
- ‘The Sock’ by Lydia Davis
- ‘The Tree Of Knowledge’ by Henry James
- ‘Life After High School’ by Joyce Carol Oates
- ‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich
- ‘Reading Lessons’ by Edwidge Danticat
- ‘Northeast Regional’ by Emma Cline
- ‘Show Don’t Tell’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
- ‘The Hanging Of The Schoolmarm’ by Robert Coover
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‘Snow’ by Ann Beattie
Snow by Ann Beattie, 1986 Continue reading
August 2019 favorites
August 2019
The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Pig-hoo-o-o-o-e-y’ by P.G. Wodehouse
- ‘The Peace Of Utrecht’ by Alice Munro
- ‘Charles’ by Shirley Jackson
- ‘The Thistles In Sweden’ by William Maxwell
- ‘In The White Night’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘No One’s A Mystery’ by Elizabeth Tallent
- ‘The Patterns Of Love’ by William Maxwell
- ‘The Trojan Women’ by William Maxwell
- ‘What’s Your Problem?’ by Robert Boles
- ‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell
- ‘Heaven On A Summer Night’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘The Poor Orphan Girl’ by William Maxwell
- ‘The Lookout’ by Cyrus Colter
- ‘Coney Island’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘Pygmalion’ by John Updike
- ‘Lofty’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘High School’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘To The Moon And Back’ by Etgar Keret
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