In new collections by Yiyun Li, Claire Keegan, Alexandra Chang and Lore Segal, interpersonal bonds are created and destroyed. By Kathleen Alcott The short-story writer “can’t create compassion with ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

"As a teacher, I thought I only had time for a very short form. I loved teaching the short story and always thought it would be so wonderful - though for me impossible - to write a satisfying short ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...