The award-winning writer discusses some of her favorite story collections and why they’ve stuck with her.

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1.Girls Can Kiss Now by Jill Gutowitz Jill Gutowitz's debut essay collection has solidified her own place in the lesbian canon, ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...

Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Library Associate Beth Shapiro compiled this month’s selections. In ...

Brawler” is a knockout. This new short story collection from award-winning Gainesville writer Lauren Groff is her eighth book ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Aaliyah Bilal about her new book Temple Folk, which tells the stories of dozens of Black Muslims over the course of several decades. In her debut short story ...

The short stories in this powerful collection excavate the family secrets that shape siblings, spouses and children ...