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Stuart Dybek’s ‘We Didn’t’ was delightfully surprising. I thought I’d be reading about some teen’s sex debacles and then the story takes a left turn but never takes itself too seriously.
— Mar 24, 2025 03:59PM
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Finished Tony Earley’s “The Prophet from Jupiter.” The author describes it himself as a soup he doesn’t fully understand and it definitely was that. Hard to know the line between gibberish and brilliance. But the story did give me a feeling of depression, disgust, despair, grief, and community. I guess that’s something!
— May 02, 2025 12:08PM
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I give Alice Elliott Dark a standing ovation for “In the Gloaming.” Incredible writing about grief that cut to the core.
— Mar 22, 2025 10:00AM
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Finished Ann Cummins’ Where I Work; neurotic, random, potentially violent, and so short!
— Mar 21, 2025 07:39PM
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Finished Pipa’s Story by Lan Samantha Chang. Haunting, simple, violent, adolescent, historical. Beautiful.
— Mar 17, 2025 08:09PM
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Finished Salem. Sad, morbid, and existential.
— Mar 07, 2025 09:13PM
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Just finished the second story, Hammam, by Carol Anshaw and I was totally mesmerized and the ending hit me in the chest. This is why short stories are so powerful, every sentence Anshaw crafted gives you a specific and complex emotional experience.
— Mar 06, 2025 08:40PM
