Hollie McNish, Modern American Short Stories, Twins

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Johny Pitts talks to poet Hollie McNish about her new book Slug and other things I've been told to hate. A collection of Hollie's poetry and prose continues her exploration of the human condition: from birth to death, parenthood, and the female body. The short story has a long history of popular appeal in the United States in magazines and through higher education. A new collection, The Modern American Short Story, brings together stories from a transformative fifty-year period from the 1970s to the present day. Its editor, John Freeman, and author Junot Diaz talk to Johny about their passion for the form and its continued relevance to readers today. The Sunday Times Short Story nominee, Jonathan Gibbs, talks about the ongoing appeal of twins in fiction from Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors to this year's Women's Prize and Booker shortlistee, Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half. Presenter: Johny Pitts Producer: Kirsten Locke Production Co-Ordinator: Belinda Naylor Book List – Sunday 16 May and Thursday 20 May Slug…and other things I’ve been told to hate by Hollie McNish Odes by Sharon Olds The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story. Edited by John Freeman The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Redder Days by Sue Rainsford The Two Body Problem by Ruby Cowling Spring Journal by Jonathan Gibbs