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31 Days of Stories 2022

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 30: “The Alps” by Colin Barrett

May 30, 2022June 14, 2022

Canadian-Irish writer Colin Barrett is a wizard with language that sings with the rhythms and cadences of the working class.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 29: “Peach Cobbler” by Deesha Philyaw

May 29, 2022June 14, 2022

Philyaw’s story is set at the intersection of race and class, and focuses on a mother’s attempts to shield her daughter from pain by systematically denying her pleasure.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 28: “Hotel Tango” by Cora Siré

May 28, 2022June 14, 2022

In this story about a man’s assignation with a married woman, the chaos and culture of Buenos Aires serve as metaphors for the couple’s incompatibility.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 27: “Sin” by Cynthia Ozick

May 27, 2022June 14, 2022

The ninety-four-year-old author’s story, about art and failure, is charged with typically graceful and metaphorical language.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 26: “The Fate of the Son of the Man on the Horse” by Rawi Hage

May 26, 2022June 14, 2022

Hage’s story of a doomed, ineffectual man is a layered consideration of religion, history, and the nature of celebrity.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 25: “Ordinary Love Song” by Alex Pugsley

May 25, 2022June 14, 2022

Pugsley resurrects a seldom-used literary form – the epistolary story – and repurposes it for the internet age.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 24: “June Bugs” by Kim Fu

May 24, 2022June 14, 2022

Fu’s three-part story fuses realism with fabulist elements.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 22: “Raw Material” by A.S. Byatt

May 22, 2022June 14, 2022

Byatt’s story, about a creative writing teacher and a promising older student, contains a submerged lesson about how to write worthwhile literature.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 21: “Theft” by Katherine Anne Porter

May 21, 2022June 14, 2022

Porter’s suggestive and imagistic style lends her story an acute psychological insight.

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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 20: “Glory” by Janice Lynn Mather

May 20, 2022June 14, 2022

This story, about a teenage girl sent to live with her grandmother during the final months of her pregnancy, is about a struggle between conflicting notions contained in the title.

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