A review by katiegilley
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

4.0

“It was the winter after the most depressing election of my adult life, a low point for my faith in the polls, and I had started keeping an unofficial tally in my head of how much I trusted each new white person I met. It was a pitiful tally, because I had decided most of them would forgive anyone who harmed me, would worry more about vocal antiracism ruining the holiday party season and causing the cheese plates to go to waste than about the lives and sanity of the nonwhite humans in their midst.”

This was a stunning collection of short stories, full of thoughts on race and grief. I often struggle to find meaning in short stories; I’m sure Evans layered a lot into these stories that I missed and still – I found most of them to be powerful and thought-provoking.