Category Archives: What to Read

Emily in Kansas City Star’s Top 100; Essay in NPR Books

Emily, Alone was also named as one of the Star’s Top 100 Books of 2011: In a sequel to “Wish You Were Here” (2003), O’Nan wonderfully captures hope and sadness as the aged Emily searches for meaning after her husband … Continue reading

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Recommended Works – 9/1/2007

The Children’s Hospital – Chris Adrian Harbor – Lorraine Adams Candyfreak – Steve Almond Articles of War – Nick Arvin Natasha – David Bezmogis

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Recommended – Newer Work

In no particular order: 1. Birds of America – Lorrie Moore 2. This Country of Mothers – Julianna Baggott 3. The Dig – Lynn Emanuel 4. Drown – Junot Diaz 5. My Happy Life – Lydia Millet

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More Recommended Short Story Collections

In no particular order: 1. Best American Short Stories–ed. Shannon Ravenal, etc. (1980 – present) 2. O. Henry Prize Stories–ed. William Abrams, etc. (1980 – present) 3. The Joy Luck Club–Amy Tan 4. Lunar Landscapes–John Hawkes 5. Shiloh–Bobbie Ann Mason

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Some Recommended Short Story Collections

In no particular order: 1. The Tales of Chekhov 2. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty 3. Winesburg, Ohio–Sherwood Anderson 4. Damballah–John Edgar Wideman 5. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories–Yasunari Kawabata

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