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Pulitzer Prize finalist Russell's (Swamplandia) latest collection of short stories concern people to whom the very worst has already happened in most cases…or has it? In "Reeling for the Empire," Kitsune has, like many other girls, been tricked into working at a Japanese silk mill; the girls are literally being transformed into human silkworms. Joy Osmanski narrates the story with the full weight of Kitsune's despair and self-recrimination followed by her embracing of the possibility of metamorphosis. The unbearably creepy and suspenseful "Proving Up," which won the 2012 National Magazin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More