Recommended Reading from Amy Hempel :
Eve Babitz SLOW DAYS, FAST COMPANY; BLACK SWANS
Bernard Cooper MAPS TO ANYWHERE; TRUTH SERUM
Barry Hannah (everything) esp. RAY; AIRSHIPS; CAPTAIN MAXIMUS
Gordon Lish, SELECTED STORIES; DEAR MR. CAPOTE, PERU, EPIGRAPH
Denis Johnson JESUS’ SON
Mark Richard THE ICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD; CHARITY
Abigail Thomas SAFEKEEPING: Some True Stories From a Life
Lydia Davis (everything)
Gary Lutz STORIES IN THE WORST WAY; I LOOKED ALIVE
Patricia Lear STARDUST, 7-ELEVEN; ROUTE FIFTY SEVEN; A&W; AND SO FORTH
Leonard Michaels GOING PLACES; I WOULD HAVE SAVED THEM IF I COULD
Mary Robison (everything) esp. TELL ME; WHY DID I EVER
Walter Kirn MY HARD BARGAIN; THUMBSUCKER; UP IN THE AIR
David Markson WITTGENSTEIN’S MISTRESS
Padgett Powell EDISTO; TYPICAL; A WOMAN NAMED DROWN
David Gates JERNIGAN; PRESTON FALLS
Brad Watson LAST DAYS OF THE DOG-MEN
Julia Slavin THE WOMAN WHO CUT OFF HER LEG AT THE MAIDSTONE CLUB; CARNIVORE DIET
Lisa Moore OPEN
Coutney Eldridge UNKEMPT
Joe Wenderroth LETTERS TO WENDY’S
Jo Ann Beard THE BOY’S OF MY YOUTH
Jim Shepard PROJECT X; LOVE AND HYDROGEN; BATTING AGAINST CASTRO
Lily Tuck THE WOMAN WHO WALKED ON WATER; INTERVIEWING MATISSE; THE WOMAN WHO DIED STANDING UP
Sheila Kohler ONE GIRL; THE PERFECT PLACE
Rick Moody DEMONOLOGY; THE BLACK VEIL; THE DIVINERS
Richard Schmitt THE AERIALIST
Frederick Barthelme THE LAW OF AVERAGES; DOUBLE DOWN; BOB THE GAMBLER
Nick Flynn ANOTHER BULLSHIT NIGHT IN SUCK CITY
Colson Whitehead THE INTUITIONIST,
Shirley Hazzard THE TRANSIT OF VENUS,
Chuck Palahniuk FIGHT CLUB
Mary Gaitskill BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO
Lorrie Moore BIRDS OF AMERICA
George Saunders PASTORALIA
