The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories | 
The first thing I thought of for #cars was this Joy Williams story 'Rot' where a man buys this old black Thunderbird only to find that it has extensive body rot. Here he is suggesting to his wife that they move it into the living room. The absurdity of the dialogue cracks me up 😂 🚗🚗🚗 #nuyear @TrishB @Cinfhen
I realized that my shelf doesn't have too many #badgirls But I guess drinking gin while spying on your chemistry teacher in his home and naked would qualify. From the Joy Williams' story 'Winter Chemistry'. #augustgrrrl @Cinfhen
pickMy first introduction to the strange world of Joy Williams. I had such widely different reactions from story to story, but my biggest takeaway is that you need to read JW with no distractions and slowly. Preferably at night. Under those conditions I can't imagine disliking any stories from this collection on the next read. Side note.... This copy kept getting water damaged randomly, but it feels oddly appropriate.
Of course it was all just whistling in the dark, but sometimes she would conclude by saying that despite their clumsy grief and all the lost and puzzling years that still lay ahead of them, the earth was no less beautiful.
Pretty great so far. Not sure if I'm seeing enough variety to sustain 400+ pages.
Congrats to Joy Williams for winning the PEN/ Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. ? Richard Ford has called her stories "incandescent, witty, alarming, often hilarious" and we couldn't agree more. Her latest collection, The Visiting Privilege is one of our favorites!
Joy Williams. Is she our best living short story writer? (Maybe.) (I think so.)
pickcontinually enjoying everything Joy Williams has written
