Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 25
1902 The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky 2011 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (UK) It is a memoir about a life’s work to find happiness. It is a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in a north England industrial town now changed beyond recognition; about the universe as a cosmic dustbin. Lambda Literary AwardWinner, 2013 2024 Little Fortified Stories by Barbara Black In Little Fortified Stories, award-winning writer Barbara Black conjures a microcosm of characters that defy convention.