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cademia 's review for:
Why I Don't Write: And Other Stories
by Susan Minot
definitely getting "this author has personal experience with a midlife crisis affair with an emotionally unavailable man" from this collection. Huge pet peeve of mine is when authors flip flop on whether they are using quotes to mark dialogue -- if you want to commit to the no-quotation style, just do it! otherwise, the tone of your pieces is confusing! I did really enjoy some of the stories in this collection (the magical realism piece about a cafe for the dead was my favorite) , many felt kind of unfinished, more of an idea being workshopped (particularly the story about the woman on her deathbed -- felt straight out of a tumblr writing prompt) .