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7 Short Stories To End Your Reading Slump

Elizabeth Fulton, Emory University

When books feel like too much of an investment, explore new worlds with these brief but powerful pieces.…

May 19, 2023

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7 Short Stories For Those Who Don’t Have Time To Read Novels

Kate Carter, Middle Tennessee State University

If you don’t think you have the time to read the longer classics, these shorter fiction works that span a wide range of genres will help you on your literary journey. …

May 31, 2020

Overstory

‘The Overstory’ Is a Huge Step Forward in Eco-Literature

Dylan Kazanova, University of Texas at San Antonio

Richard Powers' Pulitzer Prize-winning book captures the imagination with larger-than-life personification and gives a new take on contemporary issues.…

December 13, 2019

The 3 Donald Barthelme Short Stories That Most Reflect His Style

Kiersten Lynch, Seton Hall University

Not all literature has to focus on doom and gloom, nor does it really have to make much sense.…

September 19, 2018

Arthur Bradford’s ‘Dogwalker’ Explores the Absurdities of Life, and Pets

Kiersten Lynch, Seton Hall University

Surreal, hilarious and disconcertingly dark, the short story collection is a refreshing piece of original writing.…

July 18, 2018

4 Short Stories That We Guarantee Will Make You Cry

Thomas Turner, University of Rhode Island

If you're not bawling 6,000 words in, you're inhuman.…

June 25, 2018

Short Edition

Short Edition Joins the Short Story Movement

Sarah Lynch, Marist College

For busy-bodies on the go, the growing popularity of short story dispensers points to a new era of literature.…

May 8, 2018

stand by me

8 Short Story-to-Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Good

Miranda Maples, University of Tennessee

The shorter the book, the easier the adaptation.…

January 31, 2018