A review by meghanc303
Love, in Theory: Ten Stories by E.J. Levy

4.0

Love, in Theory by E.J. Levy is a gorgeous collection of short stories examining the nature of love, need, desire, and connection in human experience. Levy’s prose is compelling and poetic, succeeding in embodying each character with complexity and uniqueness. This is an especially impressive accomplishment because Levy dives deeply into all types of love—affairs, new romances, decades of marriage, gay and lesbian relationships, family feuds—with the same meticulous attention to detail and voice. It’s this kind of fluidity that makes it easy to understand why this collection is a winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. (Full review:
http://inthenextroom.blogspot.com/2012/10/meghan-review-love-in-theory-by-ej-levy.html?m=1)