Alix Ohlin: 7 books

These sixteen stories by the much-celebrated Alix Ohlin illuminate the connections between all of us—connections we choose to break, those broken for us, and those we find and make in spite of ourselves.

In their various locales--from Montreal (where a prosthetic leg casts a furious spell on its beholders) to New Mexico (where a Soviet-era exchange student redefines home for his hosts)--the characters in Babylon are coming to terms with life's epiphanies, for good or ill. They range from the...

This short story anthology showcases the first place winner and runners-up of Sarah Selecky's Little Bird Fiction Writing Contest. The first prize - mentorship, instruction and publication - is awarded annually to an exciting new writer of distinction, chosen by a new editor every year. The trick?...

Bianco. Un bianco accecante, freddo, tagliente fende le guance e ferisce gli occhi di Grace. Il silenzio abbraccia i suoi sci che solcano lievemente la neve, mentre i tetti di Montréal sbiadiscono in lontananza. Improvvisamente, nero. Un ostacolo scuro le è comparso davanti e Grace non riesce a...

**"Evocative...traces [its] characters over long arcs of time and place with equal amounts grace and wit. Most revelatory is the way that each [sister] fights to find her own life as an artist outside the expectations of others and the demands of a male-dominated world."--Vogue A masterful...

“A skillful storyteller . . . attractively quick-witted and wry.” —J. M. Coetzee “Ohlin has a great eye, a great ear, and all the other equipment auguring a very successful future.”—Jay McInerney “Expect to hear her spoken of in the same reverent breath as Lorrie Moore and Joy Williams.”...

When art history grad student Lynn Fleming finds out that Wylie, her younger brother, has disappeared, she reluctantly leaves New York and returns to the dusty Albuquerque of her youth. What she finds when she arrives is more unsettling and frustrating than she could have predicted. Wylie is nowhere...