July, 2024 “Proper Names” accepted for July publication by Elsker Publishing House
Home of literary journal Vita & the Woolf
https://sites.google.com/view/elskerpublishinghouse/home?authuser=0
July, 2024 “Kairos” accepted by https://www.wallstrait.com/ for publication soon.
May, 2024 “Winnipesaukee” online at UNLIKELY STORIES https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/winnipesaukee
April, 2024 “The Only White Who’d Ever Heard of Brom & Bett v. Ashley” in hardcopy TENTH MUSE Volume XIV- http://tenth-muse.squarespace.com/ [was listed in a Youtube reading that stopped before page 46 where the story begins]
Also not online, in late April, “Why is Lucky Named Lucky? in THE HEARTLAND REVIEW Spring 2024
March, 2024 “Where Is Her Wallet? In ZERO READERS https://www.zeroreaders.com/2024/03/where-is-her-wallet-l-shapley-bassen/
My Goodreads reviews so far this year:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6212768336 Christina Baker Kline -THE ORPHAN TRAIN Jan. ’28, ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6293126141 D. Moreau Barringer – AND THE WATERS PREVAILED Feb. ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6301534861 Sean Michaels – DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN? Feb 28, ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6304467884 Patrick Bringley – ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD March 6, ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6276455744 Paul Theroux – BURMA SAHIB March ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6395751576 Annie Ernaux – THE YEARS April ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6466950168 Julian Barnes – ELIZABETH FINCH April ’24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6615423254 Jennifer Croft – THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY April ‘24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6471918220 James McBride – THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE May’ 24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6581685294 Elizabeth Hardwick – SLEEPLESS NIGHTS June ’24
L. Shapley Bassen 