Introduction

Short story collections are often viewed as a sort of unwonted stepchild of the publishing world because they don't tend to sell many copies. Authors are sometimes essentially told to learn how to write by writing short stories, and then to become a real writer by writing a novel. Grandfalkner: I was wondering if you could tell me a favorite short story collection or two of yours,. especially if it provides an interesting reading experience to contrast a novel or memoirReading experience. Yasmine al-Khalil: By far, my favorite collection of last year was dicha pilia's the secret lives of church ladies.