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Lynne Tillman • Thrilled to Death: Selected Stories
Jenny Offill’s brilliant Dept. of Speculation
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
the first story that, as he later put it, “rang his cherries” was Donald Barthelme’s “The Balloon.”
D. T. Max • Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
She felt too young to be washed up, but then again, she had ridden an improbable string of luck. Her whole life, in fact, had been a gift of good fortune—she had been given whiteness. Blonde hair, a pretty face, a nice figure, a rich father. She’d sobbed out of speeding tickets, flirted her way to endless second chances. Her whole life, a bounty of
... See moreBrit Bennett • The Vanishing Half: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2021
Wealth gave the impression of transcending status, but it was only an impression. In the end, she was a woman. In the end, she looked the way she did.