I have read "It's A Shame About Ray" four times. The first two in one sitting - the story's quiet but necessary ambiguity begs a second read - and the next two in the past month. When I push this book into the hands of my friends, this is the story I first recommend. Williams is a smart and funny writer. She uses details that in the hands of another writer would lose their punch. As I believe human experiences tend towards the universal, I admire that at the core of each story, Williams sticks to the familiar. Her writing however, her style, her voice, are anything but. - Weike Wang
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About the Author: Lara Williams is a writer based in Manchester, England. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian, The Independent, Vice, the Times Literary Supplement, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was featured in Best British Short Stories 2017. She writes and teaches Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. A Selfie as Big as the Ritz is her debut.
About the Recommender: Weike Wang is a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. She received her MFA from Boston University. Her fiction has been published in or is forthcoming from Alaska Quarterly Review, Glimmer Train, The Journal, Ploughshares, Redivider, and SmokeLong Quarterly. She is a 2017 "5 Under 35" honoree of the National Book Foundation.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Recommended Reading is supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For other links from Electric Literature, follow us, or sign up for our eNewsletter.
Genre: General Fiction
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About the Author: Lara Williams is a writer based in Manchester, England. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian, The Independent, Vice, the Times Literary Supplement, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was featured in Best British Short Stories 2017. She writes and teaches Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. A Selfie as Big as the Ritz is her debut.
About the Recommender: Weike Wang is a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. She received her MFA from Boston University. Her fiction has been published in or is forthcoming from Alaska Quarterly Review, Glimmer Train, The Journal, Ploughshares, Redivider, and SmokeLong Quarterly. She is a 2017 "5 Under 35" honoree of the National Book Foundation.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Recommended Reading is supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For other links from Electric Literature, follow us, or sign up for our eNewsletter.
Genre: General Fiction
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