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Short Stories: Refugees

Short Stories: Refugees

These five stories poignantly convey the lives of refugees from different parts of the world. Our authors in this installment are Viet Thanh Nguyen, Guadalupe Nettel, Bernard Malamud, Choi Jin-young, and Mohsin Hamid.

Joy, Complacency and Apocalyptic Future in ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories’

Joy, Complacency and Apocalyptic Future in ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories’

"So it goes" was a phrase Vonnegut used in Slaughterhouse Five as a sort of mantra, accepting chaos and embracing the possibility of wonder once darkness passes. It's a suitable way to end this embrace of Vonnegut's stories.