Alex McCullough’s Reviews > The Best American Short Stories 2021 > Status Update

(little beast - 5) no by all means ms. zhang, don’t hold back

(biology - 4.5) oh kevin you’ve done it again

(palaver - 3) kind of interesting but a little too distant to be truly enjoyable

(you are my dear friend - 4) crafty and witty and ominous—this is such a Story

(haguillory - 2.5) what! is the obsession with dead pets in this collection… jesmyn explain

(a way with bea - 3) dull!

(love story - 2) like if a commencement address at a midsize liberal arts college were a short story

(in this sort of world, the asshole wins - 5) holy shit

(the last days of rodney - 5) realizing how much i love stories that fictionalize real people/events