“Orange World” is a respite from the norms of short prose. It is also a respite from your quirky friend’s favorite “abnormal” collections that are poorly written. Russell has accomplished much in her ...

"Orange World" is a short story collection that plunges a reader into new worlds that are, at once, vaguely familiar and totally fantastic. A boy falls in love with a girl who's both too old and too ...

Whatever you do, don’t mistake Karen Russell’s new book, “Orange World and Other Stories,” for a bit of lighthearted beach reading. Crafted from the kind of deep-seated anxieties and paranoias that ...