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Category: Literary

Fiction…

The Man Who Lived Underground

19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022
By Donna Ledbetter It seems the police have always been at odds with oppressed people. At a time when misgivings about the police run rampant through the minds of poor,…
Fiction…

Weather

10 Jul 202130 Jan 2022
Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Weather, by Jenny Offill, is written from the perspective of Lizzie, a librarian who stumbled upon her career. Rather than focusing on one particular conflict, the…
Genre…

Born Into This

7 May 202130 Jan 2022
Review by Donna Ledbetter In Born Into This, a short story collection reminiscent of the work of black American author Edward P. Jones, Aboriginal Australian-born writer Adam Thompson presents stories…
Audiobook…

A Partial List of the Saved

22 Apr 202130 Jan 2022
Reviewed by Donna Ledbetter In the early 1900s, Ireland was at war with itself. Back then, under British control, half the nation fought to be free, while the other half…
Fiction…

The Ancestry of Objects

8 Oct 202031 May 2021
Reviewed by Sarah Fortna From the start, The Ancestry of Objects is a mysterious web of words. It is not the type of mystery that you would find in a…
Book and Reading Culture…

BOOK CLUB LIVE with Lynn Thorne – Who Am I if You’re Not You?

15 Aug 202031 May 2021
Join us August 15, 2020 for a special edition of our monthly book club chat. By member request, we've invited author Lynn Thorne to join us live for a book…
Literary…

SSBC Podcast: Dima Alzayat

13 Jun 202031 May 2021
Dima Alzayat was born in Damascus, Syria, grew up in San Jose, California, and now lives in Manchester. She talks with us in this episode about the title story of…
Fantasy…

Orange World

22 Nov 201931 May 2021
Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Two-time National Magazine Award Winner for fiction Karen Russell has put together a book of stories so extraordinary and other-worldly you won’t soon be able to…
Fiction…

SSBC Podcast: The Golden Age of Writing with Andy Plattner

28 Sep 201931 May 2021
On this week's Podcast with Short Story Book Club, we speak with author Andy Plattner. He specializes in fictional stories that capture detail and showcase older characters in a way…
Literary…

SSBC Podcast: Award-Winning Book Critic Ruth Franklin on her Biography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

29 Jul 201931 May 2021
On this week's podcast of Short Story Book Club, we speak with Author Ruth Franklin. Ruth talks about everything from her award-winning biography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, her…
Literary…

Hemingway In Love: His Own Story

26 Jul 201931 May 2021
Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Journalist, novelist, short-story writer, energetic, world traveler, prolific drinker: all are words and phrases that describe Ernest Miller Hemingway, the award-winning author and literary icon who…
Literary…

SSBC Podcast: Sherrie Flick

12 Jul 201931 May 2021
Thank Your Lucky Stars is the latest collection of short stories by author Sherrie Flick. It's a beautiful collection featuring the stories of women and men who are exquisite perhaps…

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