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Short Fiction in Theory & Practice 15.1 & 2 out now.

This double issue of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice is the second of two issues on the theme of Landscape and Temporality, guest edited by Paul Knowles, Ana Garcia Soriano and Madeleine Sinclair. It features articles drawn from the ENSFR conference held in Manchester, covering authors including Karen Russell, Andres Barba, Daphne du Maurier, Andre Gide and  Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay as well as creative-critical contributions by Ines G. Labarta, Jennifer Cavanagh and A.J. Ashworth. Paul March-Russell’s ‘Anthropocene feminism and the Weird temporalities of landscape’ focuses on work by Zoe Gilbert, Sarah Hall, Daisy Johnson and Lucy Wood. Plus ‘”Guerilla academics”: An interview with Ailsa Cox, Michelle Ryan and Elke D’hoker, founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research’ by Laura Gallon and the latest book reviews.

 

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Borders and Border Crossings in the Contemporary British Short Story

In today’s world, there is ample evidence of the return of borders worldwide; as a material reality, as a concept, and as a way of thinking. Edited by Barbara Korte and Laura Lojo-Rodriguez, Borders and Border Crossings in the Contemporary British Short Story focuses on the ways in which the contemporary British short story mirrors, questions and engages with border issues in national and individual life. It discusses the work of wide range writers including Zadie Smith, Anne Enright, Kamila Shamsie, Valda Jackson, Andrea Levy, Sarah Hall, Hanif Kureishi, China Mieville, Daisy Johnson, Jon McGregor and Helen Simpson, and includes a chapter in which Pete Kalu reflects on his own practice as a Black British writer.