Victor Lavalle's Reading List

"A masterpiece."

"I was trying to give an example of how ruthless, and honest, my students should be about their own main characters."

"I teach regularly for the way he makes work (at a Red Lobster that's closing down) into something grand and insightful."

"Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" were some of the first to show the depth and breadth of what could be done with the genre and the short story."

"Shirley Jackson and Stephen King are dependable favorites."

"Shirley Jackson and Stephen King are dependable favorites."

"The most frightening book I've ever read is Jamaica Kincaid's "The Autobiography of My Mother." … It's bleak! It's terrifying. And I love it so."

"People I trust tell me it's a great one. And I was already a big fan of her previous work."