I’VE been asked if I shape my material to serve political purposes, and the answer is I hope I never do. To quote the greatest short story writer of all time, Anton Chekhov: The role of the artist is ...

Actors Ivan Hernandez (And Just Like That...), Richard Masur (The Girls on the Bus), and Cynthia Nixon (The Gilded Age) honor the 2025 Best American Short Stories, curated and edited by bestselling ...

On Edith Wharton, Vivek Shanbhag and Willa Cather, in a week of choosing short stories over social media.

In this exclusive interview from the Jaipur Literature Festival 2026, we speak with celebrated author and co-author of two ...

Good morning. New England helped introduce short fiction to America. A new story collection taps into the genre’s regional roots. Before I wanted to be a journalist, I wanted to write short stories. A ...

Helen Schulman is not afraid to make you squirm. Across her long and distinguished career as a novelist and short story writer, she has fearlessly explored the awkward collisions between our private ...