Micah Perks on Karen Joy Fowler

In her latest essay on Tin House, Rumpus contributor Micah Perks tells us why Karen Joy Fowler’s short story collection What I Didn’t See is more than worth the read.

Fowler, who is best known as the author of The Jane Austen Book Club, possesses an ability to be “clear, measured, and precise” with her writing, but, as the story progresses, she surprises you with twists that suddenly pull the rules out from under you.

Of Fowler’s unique twists in her short story collection, Perks says:

She’s inviting us to take a little skip sideways. She’s breaking the world open like an egg.

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Kelly Opdycke is a Rumpus intern and an optimist with realist tendencies. She spent her summer at 826LA, where she helped English-Language Learners master homophones in the Amazon, take notes while exploring the Endeavour space shuttle, and write resumes that explain their exceptional hide-and-seek skills. Before this, she received her master’s degree from CSULA. She will be applying to doctoral programs this fall.

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