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Jorge Luis Borges (any translation, many are free online), “The Aleph.”

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I need to read more Borges and this one has been suggested more than once.

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"Eduarda, do not pass out"

Amora; Natália Borges Polesso

https://t.co/9wU8hLy3ao

the author has won many awards here in Brazil. her book Amora is available in English on Amazon.

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thank you so much! It’s going on the list

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Maupassant: La Parure (The Necklace)

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Thank you!

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Such a brilliant idea. If you don't know it, I recommend The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the most haunting things I read in 2021, and a great companion read to Catherine Lacey's short (excellent) novel Pew. It's online: https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/emily.klotz/engl1302-6/readings/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-le-guin/view

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This is on my list! Le Guin is a legend. Luckily I have a short memory so it will be a pleasure to read again.

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I love this idea and am looking forward to following along. Here’s one you might like, Stanislaw Lem's "The Truth”: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-truth-by-stanislaw-lem/ (full disclosure: i work for the MIT Press, the publisher of the recent Lem reissues)

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Thanks so much for this, and for the link. This one may make the rest of January!

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Hey hey

Such a cool project!

I also love reading international authors, and I thought of some not by white US-Americans that you may like:

"The Chicken", Clarice Lispector (Brazil)

"The Andalusian shawl", Elsa Morante (Italy)

"Lady with the little dog", Chekhov (Russia)

"Stories of your life", Ted Chiang (USA)

“A Temporary Matter”, Jhumpa Lahiri (USA)

"Time: Night" Petrushevskaya (Russia)

"Anna, soror", Yourcenar (France)

"Things We Lost in the Fire", Mariana Enriquez (Argentina)

"The Library of Babel", Borges (Argentina)

Anything you can find in English from Conceição Evaristo (Brazil).

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Such fantastic recommendations! Thank you immensely!

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"Reeling for the Empire" by Karen Russell from her collection Vampires in the Lemon Grove. The whole collection is great, as are her other 2 collections

(downloadable PDF link )

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/8/644/files/2018/02/Reeling-for-Empire-14k74hx.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj5rdOHwPH0AhUWbc0KHS_mBVkQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0DEHr-xAY-ZgS_r9gJ5J57

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Omg this story is AMAZING and I would be happy to reread it.

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Mrs. Spring Fragrance by Su Sin Far (you can find it on Project Gutenberg for free)

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Thank you Victoria!

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Here are some New Zealand short stories to add to your list.

Katherine Mansfield, an absolute master of the form. My personal favourite is The Doll's House, but The Garden Party is also great. Witi Ihimaera's A Game of Cards or Big Brother Little Sister.

Anything by Patricia Grace. Airini Beautrais won the New Zealand Book Award for fiction this year for her short story collection, Bug Week.

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I adore Mansfield and really appreciate you bringing other Kiwi writers in as well!

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Interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, a Pulitzer-winning author, titular story.

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SUCH a good story.

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The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig.

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Thank you Danielle!

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Exhalation by Ted Chiang. In the collection of the same name.

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Thank you Warren!

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The Country Funeral by John McGahern

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Thank you Frank!

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“Out of Season” by Ernest Hemingway …one of his own favorites …first story in which he used his “iceberg” technique.

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Thanks Susan!

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In the uk there is a magazine called popshot that comes out quarterly full of flash fiction, short stories and poetry and each release has a theme and subscribers also have access via an app. Might be a great way to find some new authors and reading material?

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Thank you Anna!

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