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Cover of Danielle Evan’s The Office of Historical Corrections

Loss, Race, and Self Determination

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

January 20, 2025 by esmemoria 1 Comment

This book is, among many other things, about grief and loss, and about women unwilling to diminish their desires to live full and complex lives. – Author Danielle Evans I didn’t know anything about Danielle Evans’s book The Office of Historical Corrections when I bought it, but I loved the title. The book is a series of short stories and one novella. Although I earned my MFA in short fiction, I have discovered I don’t really like to read short story collections that much. Not […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Danielle Evans

esmemoria's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Danielle Evans ·
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Solid four and a half stars

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

February 22, 2021 by lowercasesee Leave a Comment

This year I’m tracking my reading in so many ways I worry it’s unsustainable (here, Goodreads, Storygraph, and the BookRiot tracker) but one of the things I do like is that in some places I can give half stars. I’m finding that a lot of what I read is 4.5 stars. Truly excellent, but just doesn’t have that special something that tips me into obsession. Obsession is what gets you the full 5. The Office of Historical Corrections is amazing and I definitely recommend it, but […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Danielle Evans

lowercasesee's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Danielle Evans ·
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