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April 2024 favorites
April 2024
The April stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.
- ‘The Basement Room’ by Graham Greene
- ‘Barn Burning’ by Haruki Murakami
- ‘Boys And Girls Like You And Me’ by Aryn Kyle
- ‘The Sea Latch’ by Cara Blue Adams
- ‘Hole’ by Andrew Porter
- ‘Face Time’ by Lorrie Moore
- ‘The Reverse Bug’ by Lore Segal
- ‘The Eclipse’ by Elizabeth Spencer
- ‘A Wet Day’ by Mary Lavin
- ‘Paradise’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘The Swan’ by Roald Dahl
- ‘Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People’ by Lorrie Moore
- ‘The Disappeared’ by Andrew Porter
- ‘B.F. And Me’ by Lucia Berlin
- ‘By The Waters Of Babylon’ by Stephen Vincent Benét
- ‘A Thing At Work’ by George Saunders
- ‘I, Buffalo’ by Vauhini Vara
- ‘The Mom Of Bold Action’ by George Saunders
- ‘The Man Who Loved Islands’ by D.H. Lawrence
- ‘Draft Day’ by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
- ‘Texas’ by David Gates
- ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
- ‘A Sheltered Woman’ by Yiyun Li
- ‘The Greatest Gift’ by Philip Van Doren Stern
- ‘Unknown Unknowns’ by Vauhini Vara
- ‘Chance The Cat’ by David Means
- ‘The Island’ by Tove Jansson
- ‘Island’ by Gretel Ehrlich
- ‘The Wisdom Of Eve’ by Mary Orr
- ‘Life Without Children’ by Roddy Doyle
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‘Face Time’ by Lorrie Moore
Face Time by Lorrie Moore, 2020 Continue reading
‘Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People’ by Lorrie Moore
Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People by Lorrie Moore, 1993 Continue reading
December 2023 favorites
‘How To Become A Writer’ by Lorrie Moore
How To Become A Writer by Lorrie Moore, 1985 Continue reading
‘Charades’ by Lorrie Moore
Charades by Lorrie Moore, 1992 Continue reading
December 2022 favorites
The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Read This And Tell Me What It Says’ by A. Manette Ansay
- ‘The Happiest I’ve Been’ by John Updike
- ‘A Jury Of Her Peers’ by Susan Glaspell
- ‘God Writes A Bad Hand’ by J.F. Powers
- ‘Naked Ladies’ by Antonya Nelson
- ‘The Champ’ by Pedro Juan Soto
- ‘Sybil’ by A. Manette Ansay
- ‘Grandma’s Wake’ by Emilio Díaz Valcárcel
- ‘Changes In Louise’ by Tom Drury
- ‘The Sculptor’s Funeral’ by Willa Cather
- ‘Agnes Of Iowa’ by Lorrie Moore
- ‘Kansas’ by Antonya Nelson
- ‘Camping Out’ by James Wilcox
- ‘Beautiful Grade’ by Lorrie Moore
- ‘Purification On Cristo Street’ by René Marqués
- ‘Spit In The Governor’s Tea’ by Shay Youngblood
- ‘Peyo Mercé: English Teacher’ by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
- ‘Dundun’ by Denis Johnson
- ‘The Way Of The World’ by Willa Cather
- ‘One Christmas’ by Truman Capote
- ‘The Artichoke’ by Marilyn Krysl
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‘Beautiful Grade’ by Lorrie Moore
Beautiful Grade by Lorrie Moore, 1995 Continue reading
‘Agnes Of Iowa’ by Lorrie Moore
Agnes Of Iowa by Lorrie Moore, 1996 Continue reading




