Book of the Week: ‘Ecstatic Cahoots’ by Stuart Dybek

By Jason Diamond on Jun 19, 2014 - Flavorwire

We’re in the middle of a short story renaissance, with writers like George Saunders being granted nobility status, and younger practitioners of the form like Laura van den Berg and Paula Bomer helping to push short fiction into the spotlight — and the future. So it’s only fitting that we pay tribute to Stuart Dybek, who, at 72, has been steadily producing some of the best American short stories since some of his contemporaries were in diapers, and is only rivaled by Lydia Davis in terms of ability to fit so much into so little space. … Read More