Some of David Means’ stories are worth their own book club meeting.
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
There’s a wonderful distinction in "The Book of Goose" between game-real and the fearsome reality of the world. “Game-real” is when your gameplay is so intense it feels real. Only it isn’t. Only the changing world is real, and in this novel, it eats up people alive.
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
I’ve read novels, widely praised, by contemporary authors whose prose seems watery next to the lexical richness of ""If I Survive You".
Coasting
Coasting: Pretend you're an airplane. Turn off your motor. Stop buying things. And see how long you can remain in the air.
A Litbreak Anthem
Litbreak publishes writers. The poems and stories that appear here represent those writers. That’s like the paintings of Jackson Pollock personify Pollock. They’re traces of the soul.
Ranges of Diversity
It’s a problem if you claim unicorns are real and we can capture them.