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"Trying to be" - Decided to give Gaitskill one more chance on a sick day and I'm glad I did. This was very good, hit close to home for something I've been feeling often in this first year living in NYC.
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Ryan Berger
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"Connection" - Every story in this collection makes me so bored, so annoyed, so ready to form A Take, and then there's something mildly interesting I find that pokes through and prevents me from DNFing the whole thing (Lethem has sung the praises of Gaitskill multiple times and I just don't see why). As mid as it gets.
— May 11, 2026 04:58PM
Ryan Berger
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"An Affair, Edited" - A story, I guess, about weak women and how people in college seem annoying the moment you leave.
Every story continues to be at my personal Mendoza Line for fiction
— May 09, 2026 07:48AM
Every story continues to be at my personal Mendoza Line for fiction
Ryan Berger
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"A Romantic Weekend" - Exciting premise (two people who consider themselves masochists disappoint each other), but something still leaves me cold. Fascinating choice to allow both characters' internal monologues.
"Something Nice" - Reminded me, of all authors, of Chekhov. A lot of this collection so far has been about erotic/romantic fact vs fiction, this one brings it right to the foreground. Best yet but still eh
— Apr 26, 2026 01:09PM
"Something Nice" - Reminded me, of all authors, of Chekhov. A lot of this collection so far has been about erotic/romantic fact vs fiction, this one brings it right to the foreground. Best yet but still eh
