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Short Stories
Slow and Steady I’d never been Gabe’s type, and I knew it.
By Rachel Khong
recommendations
Apr. 8, 2020
9 Short-Story Collections for Short Attention Spans What we’ve been reading when big books won’t do the trick.
By the Cut
relationships
May 14, 2018
By Sarah Spellings
9 Men on Seeing Themselves in ‘Cat Person’ “I hate Robert and deeply hope that I’m not him, but I think we — men — all are.”
By Anna Silman
Why a Short Story About a Terrible Date Went Viral The New Yorker’s “Cat Person” shows how complicated bad sex really is.
By Anna Silman
Fresh Complaint : Jeffrey Eugenides’s Short-Story SidelineThe book is most interesting for the view it affords us of Eugenides absorbing various formal and topical trends.
By Christian Lorentzen
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Book Homesick for Another World Revels in Flawed Characters Her short-story collection Homesick for Another World draws you in by highlighting humankind’s grotesqueness.
By Christian Lorentzen
Lena Dunham Is Writing a Short Story Collection Called ‘Best and Always’ Now that she’s already published a memoir, Lena Dunham is giving fiction a try for her next book. According to Vulture, Dunham is currently […]
By Megh Wright
book review
Mar. 18, 2016
Book Review: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours The wunderkind author is a prodigious and idiosyncratic talent finding her form in public.
By Christian Lorentzen
book review
Jan. 27, 2016
Diane Williams: Avant-Garde Master of Miniature Fiction It’s hard to summarize any of her stories, and it may be beside the point.
By Christian Lorentzen
short stories
Sept. 22, 2015
One Night in the Life of a Cool Girl What’s she up to now? A consumer report.
By Jessica Roy
short stories
Oct. 20, 2014
By Lindsey Weber
Listen to a Short Story From B.J. Novak’s Book With special appearances by Jason Schwartzman and Katy Perry.
By Denise Martin
great projects
Oct. 24, 2013
By Julie Ma
‘The Office’s B.J. Novak Signs a Two-Book Deal
Following in his Office cohort Mindy Kaling’s footsteps, B.J. Novak is about to become an author. The publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced […]
By Bradford Evans