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Published Oct 2018
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Published Oct 2014
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by Ryan O'Neill
Published Jul 2014
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by Junot Diaz
Published Sep 2013
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by Siobhan Fallon
Published Jan 2012
Read ReviewsReminiscent of Raymond Carver and Tim O'Brien, an unforgettable collection of interconnected short stories.
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Published Jun 2010
Read ReviewsSearing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Your Neck map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.
by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Published Feb 2010
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by Alice Fulton
Published Jul 2009
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by Elizabeth Strout
Published Sep 2008
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by Alice Munro
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsA powerful new collection from one of our most beloved, admired, and honored writers.
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Published Aug 2006
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Published Feb 2003
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