It might seem reckless of me to deem National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela’s forthcoming The People Who Report More Stress one of the best story collections of the year when it’s the first I’ve read. But here’s the thing: Varela’s collection does everything right.
Read MoreA memoir is interesting either because of the story or how it’s told—Victoria Buitron’s A Body Across Two Hemispheres is both. It’s little wonder this debut memoir-in-essays won the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize.
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