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Pringle’s third collection of short stories finds the author exploring in greater depth some of the themes that are central to her previous work. In ‘Another Cancer Story’ a young girl deals with the slow deterioration of her father from terminal cancer and witnesses how this impacts her mother and brother, with the added complication … Continue reading
In her first novel, Hezada, I Miss You, Erin Pringle picks up on themes explored in her two short story collections, in particular the second book, The Whole World at Once, and investigates them in a more sustained and thoughtful manner. A small town in the American Midwest struggles to survive. Half the stores in … Continue reading
My good friend, Erin Pringle, invited me to list my holiday reading wish list and give list on her website last week for anyone interested in having a peek. Erin’s been posting one list a day by various writers and friends since the beginning of December, which is really worth a look. And while you’re … Continue reading
The Whole World at Once is Erin Pringle’s second collection of short stories (her first, The Floating Order, is reviewed here) and the wait has been well worth it. While The Floating Order was a finely tuned macabre look at an often incomprehensible adult world mostly through the skewed perspective of children, this new collection … Continue reading
The wonder of The Floating Order, a collection of short stories by Erin Pringle, is that it is impossible to pigeonhole. At their heart the stories have a darkly fantastic edge, but this aspect is more often than not a component of the character’s view of the outside world. Skewed perspectives dominate, particularly in the … Continue reading
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