BLISS MONTAGE, Ling Ma (Text Publishing, $38)
ust eight stories, but they hit the page with startling and singular force. Chinese-American writer Ling Ma, whose 2018 novel won her considerable acclaim, has a voice like no other. These pieces are sometimes surreal, disturbing and subversive, sometimes bitingly funny, sometimes moving. Yes, they are often imbued with the loneliness and uncertainty of 21st-century
