Canadian writer Shashi Bhat on the jury for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Bhat's new collection is out from M&S in spring 2024.
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Bhat's new collection is out from M&S in spring 2024.
The stories display a surface placidity that belies their deeper structure.
It's hard to fault the contributors to the volume, or the ambition of the editors.
LeBlanc's short fiction is refreshingly resistant to closure.
This latest volume offers an energetic point of entry as well as a strong argument for Oates's continued relevance.
There are pleasures aplenty to be found in Bazterrica's bitter and poisoned bouquet.
Le Guin had her pulse on the present and was able to anticipate where the human species was likely headed given its current trajectory.
The narrative highlights the danger ordinary citizens faced while attempting even routine business during wartime.
If Welty begins her tale as a moody Gothic throwback, by the conclusion she has injected a large dollop of ridiculousness.
Level was closely associated with Paris's notorious Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.