In honor of Katherine Dunn, Sharma Shields at The Seattle Review of Books has listed six female “heroes of weirdness.” I’m stoked to be included along with Helen Oyeyemi, Samantha Hunt, Diane Cook, Mercé Rodoreda, and Kelly Luce:
Elliott penned my very favorite piece of last year’s Best American Short Stories, a grim gothic story called “Bride” about an abbey and a self-flagellating nun. Her lovely collection, The Wilds, published by Portland’s Tin House Books, contains a diverse supply of characters, eras, and strange situations that any Dunn-o-phile will appreciate.