It’s always rewarding when a story collection feels like more than the sum of its parts, as is the case with two compelling new debut releases.
Veronica Schanoes is a professor of English at Queens College in New York City whose academic research has included a focus on fairy tales. And, with particular attention to labor history and Jewish history, her inventive short story collection “Burning Girls and Other Stories” often turns to fairy tales as a framework for exploration.
