Here’s something I can’t say about too many authors: I remember where I was the first time I read a short story by Thisbe Nissen. And I remember how quickly I sought out the original University of ...

Something is shifting in literary culture. " In a reading landscape reshaped by shorter attention spans and the relentless pace of modern life, short story collections are quietly staging a rebellion ...

Authors Louise Erdrich, Helen Garner, Rachel Khong, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ruth Ozeki and the late Lore Segal all have ...

The thing Brock Clarke has always liked about fiction, he says, is that it enables you to do something with material that no one else would ever bother with or even think of. Take, for example, the ...

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, who will be a writing mentor for Whitworth University’s new, low-residency Master of Fine Arts program, said that, despite trying to write about other things, her work ...

Today: short stories, a novel about a woman finding herself and, for the kids, golfing and a hungry little mushroom.

“Brawler” is a knockout. This new short story collection from award-winning Gainesville writer Lauren Groff is her eighth book; her last story collection, “Florida” (2018), won wide acclaim, and this ...

“I think for me it’s about playfulness. … I guess the thing I always fear is rigidity or getting stuck, and stories were just an opportunity to think differently, think about different kinds of ...

“An Imprint of Evil and Other Hauntings” is available now in both eBook and paperback format. • Genre: FICTION / Horror • ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Seven years have passed since the three-time National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff last ...

Heart Lamp, this year's International Booker Prize winner, is the first short story collection to receive the award. It is also the first time the prize has been awarded to an author writing in ...