Ep 28: Short Stories To Start The Year - Debuts to Classics

This week, Joseph and Amanda talk about some of their favourite short story collections - ranging from canonical gems to new voices - plus, as always, they talk about what they’ve been reading recently and discuss what they’re excited to read next. (1:24) Bookish news(2:20) Birchbark Books(2:27) Inkwell Books(2:40) Red Balloon Books(2:56) Excelsior Bay Books / Milkweed Books / Black Garnet Books(3:08) Shop Minneapolis bookshops from anywhere at Bookstore.org and libro.fm(4:31) Standwithminnesota.com(5:36) The TS Eliot Prize(6:03) Wellwater by Karen Solie (7:17) Recent Reads (7:27) Buckeye by Patrick Ryan @patrickryanyc(12:40) A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell(17:14) Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh(18:17) Short Story Collections(18:26) Joseph's Short Story Quiz(25:38) Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny @katherineheiny(30:59) Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny(34:32) Mslexia(34:45) Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer @zzpacker56(40:42) In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway(46:37) The Latehomecomer: Essential Stories by Mavis Gallant(51:18) Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed by Margaret Atwood and others @therealmargaretatwood(52:21) Stories of Place:///zinc.level.blindfold edited by Niamh McAnally @niamh_mcanally(53:00) The Woman Dies by Aoko Matsuda @matsudaoko(56:40) You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi @lilianacolanzi, translated by Chris Andrews (58:06) Selected stories by Nikolai Gogol(59:19) Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn(59:59) What We’re Reading Next (1:00:13) I’m Glad My Mother Died by Jennette McCurdy @jennettemccurdy(1:00:50) Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy(1:01:19) Palaver by Bryan Washington @bry.washingCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudioFollow us on Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.