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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Recent Short Story Collections (page 3)


Cover art for SHOUT HER LOVELY NAME
FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012

"A terrific introduction to Serber's gifts, and hopefully a preview of good things to come."
A debut collection of elegant and largely intertwined short stories about mothers and daughters. Read full book review >
Cover art for WINDEYE
FICTION
Released: June 12, 2012

"A unique collection, proving that Evenson is as deft at moving between genres as a ghost passing through a wall. "
Twenty-five slices of the grotesque, the macabre and beyond from a gifted literary novelist with an eye for all things horrible. Read full book review >
Cover art for HAPPINESS IS A CHEMICAL IN THE BRAIN
FICTION
Released: May 7, 2012

"Emotionally unflinching stories of considerable power, wonder and humor."
A prize-winning poet (and MacArthur Fellow grant recipient) extends her literary mastery with a debut story collection. Read full book review >
Cover art for I AM AN EXECUTIONER
FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012

"An inventive, impressive and witty book."
A debut story collection from Parameswaran. Read full book review >
Cover art for THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN
FICTION
Released: April 9, 2012

"Skibsrud's economical, poetically aware stories reveal a writer comfortable with the form, and one who requires her readers to think."
Connection and enlightenment are sought and occasionally experienced in a first collection from Canadian poet and Giller Prize–winning novelist Skibsrud (The Sentimentalists, 2011). Read full book review >
Cover art for AEROGRAMMES
FICTION
Released: April 5, 2012

"At every turn, James' prose is crisp, observant and carefully controlled; unlike the narrator of "Escape Key," who grows increasingly aware of his fiction's shortcomings, James projects a deep emotional intelligence."
A well-turned set of stories defined by emotional and physical separation, particularly in the Indian-American diaspora. Read full book review >