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Always a mixed bag, but found enough here to make it worth the effort.
This short story was absolutely bittersweet. Read through a first person point of view, readers (or listeners if you heard this story like myself from Levar Burton Reads) are taken on the after life journey of a young Chinese American (yes, ethnicity does matter in this tale a bit).As someone who loves topics such as fate and memories, this was a story that left me feeling content with how we see the main character end her tale.
There's a quote I once read (and no, I do not have the source sitting comfortably up my behind from whence I can just pull it) that great poets and writers have enjoyed writing thousands of words depicting Hell and all its torments, but none of them has managed to describe a single afternoon in Heaven. This story attempts to do just that and you see why most people shy away from the attempt.Sure, it has some interesting ideas and it is very well written without the confines of its premise. The p...
Levar Burton Reads Episode 21, My Dear You, Episode 26, Sea Girls, and Episode 54, Blur
From the Levar Burton Reads podcast.This was an interesting look at what Heaven could be like. The love story was very sweet and poignant. 3.5 stars.
As a lifelong glasses wearer....the premise is frightening! 🤓
Outstanding short story - and made all the better by listening to the audio version read by Levar Burton. This story gets to the heart of what it is to love someone; what is important about love? Can we make it last forever? What does it really mean to us?I could read/listen to this again immediately, and I might. Excellent - inspiring and touching.
Interesting ideas... but trite, vulgar, and far too American a narrative. Khong is given the canvas for a DeVinci, but draws with Crayola crayons. For deeper waters, wade through LeVar's commentary :)
5.0⭐ “I had never been with a female of any kind, but someone had made this mermaid.” Here’s my look at episode 26 of LeVar Burton Reads, and we’re gifted with “Sea Girls” By Daniel Wallace.For me, stories like this feel like coming home. The balance of slice-of-life reality intertwined with science fiction or surrealism is my favorite thing to read. It’s also my favorite thing to write. I loved it so much. I always say I’m drawn to surrealism because weird shit always happens to me, and this o
Better description of what mermaids truly are.
Another short read from the Levar Burton Reads podcast. A story told from the afterlife, it's an emotional look into the memories and romance of our dearly departed protagonist/narrator. Very impactful in the moment, but I found that this is one of those short stories that really hasn't stuck with me long term. The details have faded from my mind, but it was certainly worth listening to and I may do so again at some point in the future.
Full disclosure, this is a short story I listened to on the podcast "Levar Burton reads". I normally wouldn't include it in my challenge, however it is listed as a stand-alone short story and not part of a collection so here it is. This story is the emotional retelling of a young woman's experience in the afterlife after her untimely death the day after her wedding. Amazingly profound and sad, I really appreciate Ms. Khong's ability to frame this story in the idea of memory and eternity, and wha...
Ended up enjoying this volume much more than I thought I would. Loved fiction by Daniel Wallace, Camille Bordas, and Paul Yoon. Carmen Maria Machado's short story left me reeling. Lovely photographs and general design.
This was one of the best issues of Tin House I've read in a while. I read Summer Reading in the middle of winter. It didn't impede my enjoyment. Highlights include but not limited to:Sea Girls by Daniel Wallace - A mermaid horror story in Tin House? Yes, please.My Dear You by Rachel Khong - Yeah, afterlife stories are getting old, but I like this one.How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas - A story of a visit from a pen pal. I wasn't too invested at the start, but once the pen pal arrived, t...
Some really amazing things in this. Ann Glaviano's story "Come On, Silver" – a borderline-occult pubescent girl's diary – and Paul Yoon's wonderful quiet story "Milner Field" were standouts. The other was the slow, eerie, atmospheric and beautiful kind of piece I always yearn to read. Both were wonderful. Kapka Kassabova's essay in readable feast – "The Chicken Shack" – was a portrait at refugees in Bulgaria that cuts through the pathos surrounding the refugee crisis by bringing real people and
Apparently this is linking the anthology and not the individual story. I heard My Dear You from this collection on an episode of Levar Burton Reads. This story sits with you and makes you think. Or me think, anyway. A lot.
I loved this short story. It's one I wish I could immediately talk about with others.
I'M NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!
I listened to the short story Sea Girls by Daniel Wallace on LeVar Burton Reads. Typically I am not a fan of magical realism, but this story gets it just right. Two school mates who don't know each other well, both encounter a mermaid who washes up a beach. While surprised to see one, they both know they exist and are fascinated by the fishy look of her, as she is not the beautiful siren of yore. The teen boy wishes to push her back into the ocean to save her, but the teen girl cautions him that...
