Half-Lives Reviewed in The Southern Review of Books

A heartfelt thanks to The Southern Review of Books and Barbette Houser for the lovely review of Lynn Schmeidler’s debut short story collection, Half-Lives. Of the book, Houser writes:

Half-Lives is often experimental and occasionally fairy-tale-like, but the dark woods in these stories may be women’s bodies. Or perhaps they are our current political landscape, with its overturned landmark laws and pronatalism (though not referenced, it’s what’s really scary here, and can’t help but lurk in the back of your mind as you read). Many of these tales, after all, dare to center women who choose not to be mothers. The conflict between motherhood and art is, in fact, a recurring and vital element in many of them, and there’s not a trad mom in sight.

Read the full review here.