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So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By Claire Keegan
An assured, quietly powerful trio of tales.
We Have Always Been Who We Are
By Sofia T. Romero
Magical realism highlights the absurdities of life in this not-quite-cohesive collection.
Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare: Stories
By Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
This debut collection is a rich tapestry of occupation, resistance, and Hawaiian identity.
Night Side of the River: Ghost Stories
By Jeanette Winterson
This eerie, incisive collection haunts in more ways than one.
Bliss Montage
By Ling Ma
The author’s first collection sets a surreal world spinning on an axis of displacement.
Plain Air
By Michael Martone
This collection invites comparison to that other Winesburg, with surprising results.
After the Funeral and Other Stories
By Tessa Hadley
This exquisite collection explores the role of fantasy in our pedestrian lives.
The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Henry Herz
This inventive collection conjures the Nobel winner’s younger days.
