I must be in the minority, there, because my posts on those stories are among the most view posts on this site, even today. Then came her follow-up collection of stories, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, which I really disliked. I adored her “The Dredgeman’s Revelation” (see the post here), which ultimately became part of her debut novel Swamplandia!, which I didn’t like (see my thoughts here). She is a wonderful writer, so I always read what arrives, but my prevailing reaction has been one of disappointment. Since then my regard for her work has fluctuated. I loved Russell’s debut story collection, published, yikes!, clear back in 2007. Russell has been a bit of a fixture in the Fiction Issue, and I’m all good with that. The 2018 Fiction Issue of The New Yorker is out, featuring stories by Lu Yang (see here), Karen Russell, and David Gilbert (see here).
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