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A beautiful collection of short stories - tragic and ethereal, achingly relatable, vulgar, and haunting. Mary Gaitskill creates amazing and memorable characters. My favourites of the collection: ‘College Town, 1980‘, ‘Mirror Ball‘, and ‘Today I‘m Yours.‘

Good morning, litsy ☺️ I‘m really enjoying my first Gaitskill story collection, it made me want to indulge in pastries and sweet coffee! Happy Saturday, y‘all ✌🏼

This is a fantastic short story collection from the QUEEN Mary Gaitskill! It includes my favorite short of all time, Collegetown, 1980. Do yourself a favor and check it out. Gaitskill is masterful at caputuring both human feeling and emotion as well as realistic dialogue and the intrecacies of relationships. 👌👌👌

From "Mirrorball" #shortfiction

The end of each of these stories made me want to pause, journal, and discuss at length. "Mirrorball" and the title story were my favorites. The only one I didn't like was the first. I didn't see how the main character was supposedly strong; everyone in that story seemed spoiled, petty, and uninteresting. Don't stop there though. The rest are complex and rewarding. #shortfiction #dogsoflitsy