Author: Fionnuala Meehan

  • The Shortlist for April 25, 2025

    The Shortlist for April 25, 2025

    Nonfiction by Elizabeth Jannuzzi, Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo and Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Fiction by Andrea Bishop, Samanta Schweblin, Monte Lin, Bob Johnson, Fionnuala Meehan, and Éva Székely

  • The Red Bag by Fionnuala Meehan

    The narrator of Meehan’s story is visiting a friend whose home is not exactly warm and loving. There’s a slow ratcheting up of the stress level in this story that I love: I don’t like your house; too many traps. Gleaming brass handles I might smudge, clear plastic runner I might trip over, perfect cushions…