Today on The Short Stacks we’re joined by debut author, Bryan Washington, whose debut book Lot is a short story collection set in Houston. Bryan talks street names as titles, his “day job”, and what is next for him (trust me its exciting).
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- Lot by Bryan Washington
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Milk Tea
- Mat Johnson
- The Awl
- Catapult
- Nicole Chung
- The Short Stacks 6: Nicole Chung//All You Can Ever Know (The Stacks)
- Aja Gabel
- “Waugh” (Bryan Washington, The New Yorker)
- Ep. 35 Prodigies, Time Machines, and Beautiful Writing with Aja Gabel (The Stacks)
- Brazos Bookstore
- “Bryan Washington’s Playlist for His Story Collection ‘Lot'” (Largehearted Boy)
- Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
- Spa Night (Andrew Ahn, 2016)
- Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Women Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
- Vida by Patricia Engle
- A Good Fall by Ha Jin
- American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley
- The Leavers by Lisa Ko
- A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley
- Alexander Chee
- Lacy M. Johnson
- Michael Arceneaux
- Cali Sandwich (Houston)
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