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December 2023 favorites

December 2023

The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes. Continue reading →

December 31, 2023August 23, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: FavoritesTags: Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Aryn Kyle, Cara Blue Adams, Damon Runyon, Dean Doner, E.L. Doctorow, Elizabeth Taylor, Emma Cline, Hortense Calisher, J.F. Powers, James Thurber, Jeanette Winterson, John Updike, Julie Hecht, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Kate Walbert, Katherine Anne Porter, Lauren Groff, Lorrie Moore, Maeve Brennan, Pete Hsu, Reginald McKnight, Sidik Fofana, Thomas McGuane, Tom Franklin, Weike Wang, Willa Cather Leave a comment

‘Alaska’ by Tom Franklin

Alaska by Tom Franklin, 1999 Continue reading →

December 28, 2023September 9, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1990s, Alaska, American lit, American literature, analysis, comedy, criticism, fiction, Mississippi, short stories, Tom Franklin Leave a comment
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