CDN Short Stories: The New Generation
A few years ago, we made a legendary list called "The New Generation of Canadian Poets", celebrating poets who'd published their first collection since 2000. This month, which is our Short Story Month, we're doing the same thing for short fiction, bringing together writers who are heirs-apparent to Munro and Gallant, but doing the whole thing 21st-century-style. And what you'll find below is just a start. We want your suggestions: what are your favourite collections by writers known primarily for their short fiction who've published their first books this century? Tweet us your answers at @49thShelf.
Mad Hope
And Also Sharks
Bobcat and Other Stories
Light Lifting
This Cake is for the Party
Stories
Bull Head
Floating Like the Dead
Stories
Up Up Up
Chez l'arabe
Stories
Once You Break a Knuckle
How Does A Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?
Stopping for Strangers
Cosmo
Once
The Cloaca
The Outer Harbour
How to Get Along With Women
Short Stories
The Divinity Gene
Stories
All We Want is Everything
Wallflowers
What Boys Like
and Other Stories