A review by aimlessmel
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story by

3.5

faves (5 stars): a conversation with my father by grace paley, the flowers by alice walker, story by lydia davis, the twenty-seventh man by nathan englander, st. lucy’s home for girls raised by wolves by karen russell, the paper menagerie by ken liu (this one made me sob <3)

honorable mentions (4.5 stars): the lesson by toni cade bambara, a temporary matter by jhumpa  lahiri, the dune by stephen king, the great silence by ted chiang