Literary Fiction
An anthology of short stories curated by David Sedaris, exploring the impact of fiction on personal reflection and escape.
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An anthology of short stories curated by David Sedaris, exploring the impact of fiction on personal reflection and escape.
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'When apple-picking season ended, I got a Job in a packing plant and gravitated towards short stories, which I could read during my break and reflect upon for the remainder of my shift. A good one would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit ...Once, before leaving on vacation, I copied an entire page from an Alice Munro story and left it in my typewriter, hoping a burglar might come upon it and mistake her words for my own. That an intruder would...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Adult relationships, desire, and intimacy recur across several stories
Violence & gore
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Death, cruelty, and violent incidents appear in some literary stories
Profanity
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Occasional strong language typical of adult literary fiction
Substance use
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Social drinking and substance mentions in some stories
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Faith, grace, and religious tension recur, notably in O'Connor
Magic & witchcraft
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Brief fantastical or uncanny elements in a few stories
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Light social and cultural themes in some literary pieces
Self-harm / suicide
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Illness, death, and despair touch some stories
Abuse & suffering
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Family cruelty, grief, and emotional suffering in multiple stories
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