Ann Pancake, author of Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley and one of Seattle’s keenest literary talents.
In a just world, you’d be reading short fiction by local author Ann Pancake in the New Yorker. Her stories are exactly the kind of literary fiction that the New Yorker should want to publish: beautifully written, expertly constructed—an intriguing balance of vivacity and discipline. Instead, you’ll find her work in literary magazines and the books she irregularly publishes. Seven years passed between her debut novel, Strange as This Weather Has Been, and her second short-story collection, Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley (Counterpoint, $24), which was released this month…
Ann Pancake reads Tuesday, March 3, at Phinney Books.