In her latest collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Knopf), Russell traffics in her now-trademark wit. In eight tightly drawn stories, she imagines fantastical worlds that stem from the bleakest realities.
In February of 2002, I drove north with my pregnant wife from our home in Maine to the distant coast of Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island. The journey took two days.
My wife’s family owned a small cottage in the village of Inverness, and the cottage hunkered on a hillside overlooking the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. [...]
Hello again, FWR friends. Welcome to the latest installment of “First Looks,” which highlights soon-to-be (or just) released books that have piqued our interest as readers-who-write. We publish “First Looks” here on the FWR blog around the 15th of each month, and as always, we’d love to hear your comments and your recommendations of forthcoming [...]
Laura Kasischke on the virtues and difficulties of the poetry-like short story collection.
Our most recent feature was Steven Schwartz’s new collection, Little Raw Souls, and we’re pleased to announce the winners:
Lydia Netzer (@lostcheerio)
MRS. CareFree MEL (@melskepko)
Kevin (@kswinterwrites)
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First, try not to think of Diane Williams’ latest short story collection, Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty, as a short story collection. Think of the book as a cabinet of curiosities or Wunderkammer.
Annam Manthiram’s collection of short stories explores what remains for those doomed to a life of dysfunction.
Anna and Rebecca have more suggestions for books to give (Part 2 of 2).
Our most recent feature was Steve Alomond’s God Bless America, and we’re pleased to announce the winners:
Eugene Cross (@EugeneCross1)
Linley McCord (@linleyrae)
Carole Anzolletti (@CAnzolletti71)
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Our new feature is Steve Almond’s most recent story collection, God Bless America, published last year by Lookout Books. Almond’s books include three collections of short stories: My Life in Heavy Metal, The Evil BB Chow and Other Stories, God Bless America; three works of nonfiction: CandyFreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America, [...]
