This award-winning work of nonfiction is part memoir of an undocumented woman and part reported piece on the lives of ...

But I’d argue all good short stories have heaps of character ... I’m craft-oriented, and there’s nowhere to hide with a short story. Novels can get away with inane, scandalous action ...

she turned to the short story form. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection that often incorporates the bizarre, life-altering reality ...

Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the US, has written three historical novels ... short story form. The result, This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, is an astonishingly good ...

Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection The main characters tend to be 30-something women trying to have it all. Kids, relationships ...

They also strive to be good citizens of an ailing planet and have sex with their partners more than once in a blue moon. In “Comorbidities,” which won the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award ...

This cover image released by Mariner Books shows "This is Why We ... she turned to the short story form. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection ...