After the Funeral and Other Stories by Tessa Hadley has received rave reviews by everyone for good reason. Hadley’s stories gracefully paint moment-by-moment judgments and likes/dislikes that generally don’t rise to consciousness into emotional narratives that, layered upon each other, create other narratives the reader, but not the character, sees. Hadley is a superstar writer and the stories are brilliant. Here’s what Kirkus Reviews says:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tessa-hadley/after-the-funeral-and-other-stories/

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About Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, London Reader, and in anthologies including for a better world 2020 and Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol. X. He received Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Chaffin/Kash Prize in 2019. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, but summers in Ecstasy and winters in Despair.

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