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A review by bookofcinz
Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize by Beth Piatote, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Yuka Igarashi, Sarah Lyn Rogers
3.0
This is a collection of 12 debut short stories. Some I LOVED and I cannot stop thinking about and others I found were a little meh.
These are my stand out stories:
Force, Mass, Acceleration by Heather Aruffo
Mandy's Mary Sue by Qianze Zhang
The List by Stanley Patrick Stocker
Transit by Khaddafina Mbabazi
For me the strongest story in this collection is Transit by Khaddafina Mbabazi it literally embodies how I feel as a Black woman travelling. It is nuanced and layered and I shook that the author did so much with such little pages.
Honestly, if you buy this book to read just this story, it is well worth it!
These are my stand out stories:
Force, Mass, Acceleration by Heather Aruffo
Mandy's Mary Sue by Qianze Zhang
The List by Stanley Patrick Stocker
Transit by Khaddafina Mbabazi
For me the strongest story in this collection is Transit by Khaddafina Mbabazi it literally embodies how I feel as a Black woman travelling. It is nuanced and layered and I shook that the author did so much with such little pages.
Honestly, if you buy this book to read just this story, it is well worth it!