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A review by duffymn
So Long: Stories 1987-1992 by Lucia Berlin
5.0
Lucia Berlin was my Fiction Writing professor at the University of Colorado in 1998. She still holds a very special place in my heart, as she was the one who encouraged me to write what I knew best.
In this collection of short stories, Berlin mixes fiction and memory, jumping from the Alaskan mining town of her youth, to the coast of Mexico with her dying sister, to Santiago, Chile, and modern-day Oakland where she fights her alcoholism while raising young children. "So Long" contains personal and poignant writing. This is a hard-find, but absolutely worth every dime.
In this collection of short stories, Berlin mixes fiction and memory, jumping from the Alaskan mining town of her youth, to the coast of Mexico with her dying sister, to Santiago, Chile, and modern-day Oakland where she fights her alcoholism while raising young children. "So Long" contains personal and poignant writing. This is a hard-find, but absolutely worth every dime.