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Wells Tower's short stories and journalism have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, McSweeney's, The Paris Review, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, The Washington Post Magazine, and elsewhere. He received two Pushcart Prizes and the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review. He divides his time between Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Brooklyn, New York.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
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She Is Haunted (2022)
Paige Clark
"A wondrous spirit animates She Is Haunted. In sentences of bracing snap and clarity, Clark's stories delight and amuse, even as they expose tender truths and secrets. An astonishing debut."
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The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus (2021)
Allan Gurganus
"No living writer knows more about how humans matter to each other."
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Crossings (2020)
Alex Landragin
"Alex Landragin works a vast magician’s kit of erudite invention and heart in this enchanting debut. Crossings is a novel to savor and re-read."

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Anthologies containing stories by Wells Tower
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015 (2015)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Adam Johnson
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The Best American Short Stories 2010 (2010)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Richard Russo
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New Stories from the South 2010 (2010)
The Year's Best
(New Stories from the South)
edited by
Amy Hempel

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