Each week, hosts Kendra and August will discuss a variety of literary topics--from genres, to stigmas, to what we're currently reading--and will keep your TBR stack growing and your bookish heart full.
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Each week, hosts Kendra and August will discuss a variety of literary topics--from genres, to stigmas, to what we're currently reading--and will keep your TBR stack growing and your bookish heart full.
In this episode, August and Kendra share their favorite short stories. It was difficult for them to choose, and as the episode progresses, they remember great ones they've left out. What are some of your favorite short stories?
Books mentioned in the episode:
“The Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter (197)
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1965)
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)
"The Necklace" by
Guy de Maupassant (1888)
"To Build a Fire" by Jack London (1902)
"In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz (1937)
“The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield (1921)
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin (1894)
"Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin (1957)
"No Flesh Over Our Bones" by Mariana Enríquez (2016)
"The Witch of Duva" by Leigh Bardugo (2012)
"Continuity of Parks" by Julio Cortazar (1964)
“Childfinder” by Octavia Butler (1971/2014)
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (1948)
“How to Talk to a Hunter” by Pam Houston (1990)
"Don't Look Now" by Daphne Du Maurier (1973)
"The Night Driver" by Italo Calvino (1967)
"Ariadne" by Anton Chekhov (1895)
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Each week, hosts Kendra and August will discuss a variety of literary topics--from genres, to stigmas, to what we're currently reading--and will keep your TBR stack growing and your bookish heart full.
