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Date
The History of Sound
April 9, 2025
Similar to North Woods, in the best way. The storytelling and characterization in the twelve interconnected stories is so well done that I…
Knox
April 9, 2025
A Short Stay In Hell
July 17, 2024
One of those books that’s not at all breezy, but rather an intellectual exercise and a bit of a thought experiment based on a Jorge…
Knox
July 17, 2024
Liberation Day
October 26, 2022
George Saunders is in my top five favorite authors writing today. This is a collection of short stories are teh vaguely dystopian but with a…
Knox
October 26, 2022
Bliss Montage
September 28, 2022
I mentioned this book in our September SMK. This is a collection of short stories of characters working their way through madness and what is…
Knox
September 28, 2022
My Monticello
October 20, 2021
I don't like short story fiction because I like to be immersed for 600 pages, but I loved these five stories so much. The first…
Jamie
October 20, 2021
Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction
July 31, 2019
I love Chuck Klosterman in all things and this departure from his typical fare is no different. Same voice, but with wildly different settings and…
Knox
July 31, 2019
Friday Black
May 15, 2019
A tour de force collection of essays at what it means to be young and black in America.
Knox
May 15, 2019
I Miss You When I Blink
May 15, 2019
I have never read an essay by Mary Laura that I did not love. She will make you laugh and tear up in the same…
Jamie
May 15, 2019