In this episode of Book Public - Que Esperanzas: Yvette Benavides speaks with author Kali Fajardo-Anstine about her short story “Sabrina & Corina."

Yvette Benavides interviews author Dana Johnson about her short story “Because That’s Just Easier.”

A reunion of the Dulaney girls' school is the setting for this story by Louise Marburg.

“Que Esperanzas” is a new series from Book Public that focuses on short stories with protagonists who are women surviving catastrophic injustice in their everyday lives with a thin measure of hope. This week's story is “Nature Exchange” by Sindya Bhanoo.

Book Public Episode 100 with Peter Orner and The Lonely Voice

In the story "No Place for You, My Love" by Eudora Welty, a woman from Toledo and a man from Syracuse who’ve only just met drive south of New Orleans through rural Louisiana.

Yevgenia Belorusets is the Ukrainian author of the story collection Lucky Breaks. First published in 2018, it was published in English in March of 2022.

The Lonely Voice: "The Woman with the Black, Broken Umbrella" by Yevgenia Belorusets

‘Olga Dies Dreaming’ Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel is a story about family and betrayal.

‘The Everybody Ensemble’ : Amy Leach celebrates the natural world in her new collection of whimsical essays.