I am enthralled by Ms. Arimah’s writing. A newcomer to the literary scene, I had read her short stories in literary journals and was thrilled when her book was published earlier this year. She brings to the short fiction world a combination of wit and insight and an inimitable…

I will always remember the moment when I first discovered this book. I was at my local library and it was the title that called to me…waving like an old friend. I mention this encounter here. Set in a make-believe community in West Africa, this collection introduces the reader to…

Yesterday, I featured 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories and I mentioned how through that collection I was able to discover new writers of short fiction. Flannery O’Connor (1925 – 1964) is one of them. In her somewhat short life, Ms. O’Connor was able to share her…