In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians Ed. Michael Cart Overlook Press, 2002 I learned from The Heroine's Bookshelf that it's National Library Week in the U.S. so it seemed fitting to choose a short story for April from this collection, edited by Michael Cart: In the Stacks:
Ethel Wilson's Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories (Macmillan, 1961) One thing I regretted about February's reading was my having neglected to include a short story and in March I've been neglecting the books on my own shelves (in favour of newer, shinier books from the library). So before someone calls
I read Jennifer Egan's novel The Keep two years ago, so I was interested to see "Safari" in the index of the January 11, 2010 issue of The New Yorker. I hadn't realized she published a book of short stories before (and two other novels besides) and she also has
