· In her short story, “Likes”, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum introduces the reader to Dave as he is scrolling through his daughter’s Instagram account for “clues” (Bynum ). Starting the story this way brings a hint of mystery because the reader must ask why he is looking on the Instagram for clues and why is he searching? Did something happen to the daughter, and he cannot get the answers from her?5/5. · “Likes,” by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, shows an impressive control of language and a capacious sense of how much a short story can www.doorway.ru: Caitlin Horrocks. · L.A. is gloriously unstable ground for Sarah Shun-lien Bynum’s slippery stories k Views by The Los Angeles Times April 8, , pm in The Los Angeles Times Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of the story collection "Likes," a finalist for the Times Book Prize in fiction, talks about her destabilizing work.
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26 (p) ISBN Buy this book ("A surprise that is small and very delicate, like a music box, but when you open it, it. Likes is the latest short story collection by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, featuring nine stories. In these, she imagines Black and brown characters who don't easily fall into neat categories and defy an easy understanding from those around them. Some of these characters are young girls. Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum's mastery of the short story form is on immediate display in her new collection, "Likes." In these largely privileged settings, the stories expand beyond the archetypal.
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum’s mastery of the short story form is on immediate display in her new collection, “Likes.” In these largely privileged settings, the stories expand beyond the archetypal. Shun-lien Bynum allows her characters to believe they’ve seen the truth but shows her readers that the characters — like us — rarely get it right. From the blurb: “National Book Award finalist Sarah Shun-lien Bynum’s highly anticipated return weaves together like and unlike, mythic and we modern In nine stories that range from the real to the unreal, strange to familiar, funny to frightening, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum remi.
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