Book Review: Nariscia Lott, Weepin’ Willa: A Collection of Short Stories

Short story writing is a serious craft to learn because it requires a certain mastery of time, space, and reflection. Not many do it well and those who dare to go out on this crooked and unstable limb often return broken, bewildered and bruised. Katherine Mansfield, Zora Neale Hurston, and Charles Bukowski are three of several writers who’ve mastered the short story form. (I like Svetlana Lavochkina’s fresh short story, Like A Real Man.)  Nariscia Lott’s new book, Weepin’ Willa is an interesting collection of short stories and insightful moments. (..cont)