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Stories to read before you’re 25. This short story club is designed to create dialog twice a month around selected readings. View the entire list of stories in months ahead.
This week we will be reading: Bettering Myself by Ottessa Moshfegh
"It's the story of a woman who's just 30, and is divorced, is most likely an alcoholic, works as a teacher (a job she hates), and has a boyfriend who's still in college. The prose is whip smart. The narrator struggles to acknowledge that her life matters, that she's accountable whatsoever, because of how meaningless it all feels — her failed relationship, her students being subjected to standardized tests, the empty promises she makes herself. ('All good here,' I pretended to say. 'Just bettering myself, as always.')" —Sandra Allen