“Reeling for the Empire” is the second story in Karen Russell’s second short story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. For an overview with links to review of the others stories in this collection, please click here. Hmmm. After a great first story, "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" (my thoughts here), I now sit scratching my head after [...]
"Vampires in the Lemon Grove" is the first story in Karen Russell's second short story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. For an overview with links to review of the others stories in this collection, please click here. I approached this story warily. As much as I loved Russell's strange first collection of short stories (which [...]
In the best way possible, I became a fan of Karen Russell's short fiction. It must have been late 2006 when I saw this strange book while browsing a real-life bookstore: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. Knowing nothing about the author, I bought it and was thrilled at what I'd found. In 2010, Russell was listed as one of The [...]
Trevor reviews Karen Russell's Swamplandia!. Read the full post.
This week's New Yorker fiction is Karen Russell's "The Dredgeman's Revelation." Read the full post.
