Helen Schulman talks about writing the short stories in her new book, ‘Fools for Love.’ We also check in with Now Serving, a ...

The novelist Cynan Jones once wrote that in brief fiction, “every word is doing a job. So pay attention. A short novel is an event, not a trip.” The Swedish Academy recognized that this week ...

In the acknowledgements to “Return to Sender,” Craig Johnson writes, “I’m always looking for interesting stories that exemplify the unique area in which I live.” So when Johnson learned the longest ...

What exactly separates a short story from a novella from a novel, you ask? As with most art forms, the label is somewhat malleable. When it comes down to it, though, it’s all about word count.

Whether you agree with her or not, a short story does hover halfway between a poem and a novel. The best short story writers write prosetry, a poem in prose form, and when it soars, it’s the ...

Increasingly, the short novel seems to me to be the ideal literary form for our tired, distracted but still story-hungry age. Maybe the whole notion is foolish.

Try also If you want to stick to fiction, try Jhumpa Lahiri’s short novel, “Whereabouts”.In our appraisal in 2021 we wrote that she had taken risks for her craft that paid off beautifully.

Book Review. The Rest Is Memory: A Novel. By Lily Tuck Liveright: 144 pages, $24.99 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support ...

The novel, Latronico’s fourth, was first published in Italy in 2022, but since appearing in English this year has been a critical hit – and, among Substack-addicted literary hipsters, just as ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...

A Way to Be Happy is a short story collection that follows various characters as they try to find happiness, in experiences ranging from mundane to extraordinary.. 28 Canadian books that make ...