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An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world …
Inventive magic vs. technology tale. Many shoutouts to San Francisco places, might be the first time I've seen my neighborhood described in fiction
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA …
A bit tedious so I couldn't quite bring myself to finish it. But! Lots of lovely historical gems. Bickering between Bavarian and further-East Jewish immigrants over minute details of liturgy. Public safety as a perennial San Francisco concern. Gertrude Stein's story told in the context of Oakland Jewish history. May come back to this one day
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian …
Something about the juxtaposition of these dark, gorgeous Russian short stories and Saunders's upbeat cheerful American craft examination of what makes them tick ... it just works.
In her short story collection, Even Greater Mistakes, Charlie Jane Anders upends genre cliches and …
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My first introduction to Charlie Jane Anders -- I want to read more of her now.
These stories jump across genre, tone, time, place. My favorites in the collection: