Diane Williams, Author Dalkey Archive Press $13.5 (329p) ISBN 978-1-56478-197-0
Culled from earlier works like Some Sexual Success Stories and The Stupefaction, these brief stories use simple syntax to wrangle with complicated subjects--insecurity, marital instability and human irrationality--without becoming incomprehensible...
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Diane Williams, Author Knopf Publishing Group $21 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-44186-1
Although Williams (Some Sexual Success Stories) has her own distinct style and manner, her latest collection holds few surprises for those familiar with her previous work. The 49 stories here are anti-narratives often less than a full page long. But,
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Diane Williams, Author F2c $17.95 (132p) ISBN 978-1-57366-140-9
One doesn't expect the author of Some Sexual Success Stories Plus Other Stories in Which God Might Choose to Appear and of This Is About The Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate to be completely serious, or slight. This short book is...
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Diane Williams, Author George Weidenfeld & Nicholson $17.95 (117p) ISBN 978-1-55584-368-7
The 47 very short stories here combine poetic voice and a sharp eye for cathectic detail to produce a disorienting portrait of modern--specifically female--angst. From ``Baby'': ``Nobody was making my mouth fall open by running his finger down my...
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Diane Williams, Author Grove/Atlantic $17.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1452-5
It is tempting to invoke Gertrude Stein when discussing this collection of 68 one- or two-page stories by the author of This Is About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate. (Some of her tales are not much longer than her titles.)...
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Diane Williams. McSweeney’s, $22 (118p) ISBN 978-1-936365-71-5
The author’s newest work, an avant-garde exercise in constructing evocative and mysterious microstories, mixes touches of the profane, the fantastic, and the mundane in short stories reminiscent of Zen koans. Some are more conventional then others,...
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Diane Williams. McSweeney’s, $20 (136p) ISBN 978-1-940450-84-1
Surprising, funny, and evocative, the narratives in Williams’s (Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty) newest collection mine small instances for larger meanings. Despite their brevity, these 40 stories exhibit great depth. They explore loneliness, passion, and...
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Diane Williams. Soho, $25 (128p) ISBN 978-1-64129-306-8
Williams (Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine) returns with a collection showcasing her mastery of succinct and suggestive stories. The pristine and opaque “Upper Loop” begins with a question: “I’m trying to think if there’s any reason for having fun...
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Diane Williams. Soho, $20 (128p) ISBN 978-1-64129-478-2
Williams (How High?—That High) explores the pleasures and disappointments of adulthood in this distinctive collection. “Oriel?” the crystalline opener, begins with the pregnant narrator serving a cake at her mother-in-law’s place. Walking back to...
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