BOOKS I READ: The Best American Short Stories 2023 selected by Min Jin Lee (2023). Min Jin Lee’s outstanding introduction starts off this collection of twenty short stories. Discussing writing and writers, she notes the work and patience needed to succeed, and why she is compelled to help other writers. She makes special note of congratulating the writers of the many short stories that were considered for this volume but not selected.
The short story collection took me much longer to read than a typical novel. I found it necessary to take a little time after each story, in order to be ready to take on the next one. It’s hard to pick some favorites, but “The Master Mourner” by Benjamin Ehrlich, Lauren Groff’s “Annunciation,” and “Grand Mal” by Joanna Pearson stayed with me longer than the others. Of these, I plan to reread “Grand Mal” in the near future, just to see if it captures me the way it did the first time.
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