Tag: Russell Banks

February 2023

The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Dead Men’s Path’ by Chinua Achebe
2. ‘At The Clinic’ by Sally Rooney
3. ‘Secret Weapons’ by Julio Cortázar
4. ‘Bliss’ by Katherine Mansfield
5. ‘Every Tongue Shall Confess’ by ZZ Packer
6. ‘In The Name Of Bobby’ by Julio Cortázar
7. ‘The Cold Boy’ by Benjamin Percy
8. ‘Ain’t That Good News’ by Brit Bennett
9. ‘The Pace Of Youth’ by Stephen Crane
10. ‘I Am Twenty-One’ by Mary Robison
11. ‘The Daughters’ by Maeve Brennan
12. ‘Ray-Ray’s Picture Box’ by James McBride
13. ‘Smart’ by Mary Robison
14. ‘My Apology’ by Sam Lipsyte
15. ‘Billboard’ by Richard Bausch
16. ‘Ozème’s Holiday’ by Kate Chopin
17. ‘The Waltz’ by Dorothy Parker
18. ‘The Green Door’ by O. Henry
19. ‘In The Woods’ by Mary Robison
20. ‘Sugar Baby’ by Chinua Achebe
21. ‘Some Like Them Cold’ by Ring Lardner
22. ‘My Last Story’ by Janet Frame
23. ‘Haunted’ by Walter Mosley
24. ‘Yancey’ by Ann Beattie
25. ‘The Neighbor’ by Russell Banks
26. ‘A Deserted Street’ by Tawfiq Al-Hakim
27. ‘Top Of The Food Chain’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
28. ‘Miracles’ by Lucy Corin

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