In contradiction to the advice of its title, there’s lots of telling in this book. Sittenfeld frequently opens with a ...

Now, Sittenfeld has returned with Show Don’t Tell, her first short story collection since 2018’s You Think It I’ll Say It.

The author, whose new collection of short stories is out this week, has the same advice for being a good writer and a good ...

In her novels, Curtis Sittenfeld has explored adolescent angst, alternative American history, and the power of identical twinship. In real life, she battled AI to see who could write a better “beach ...

This is tricky territory, and Sittenfeld handles it with nuance and aplomb. Jill is at first in disbelief that anyone — ...

Curtis Sittenfeld writes fiction based on what “fascinates and perplexes” her. Her newest collection of short stories “Show Don’t Tell” continues that theme. The New York Times bestselling author sat ...

In “Show Don’t Tell,” her second story collection among nine works of fiction, Curtis Sittenfeld again makes a persuasive ...

One of the stories in “Show Don’t Tell” reacquaints readers with the protagonist of Sittenfeld’s 2005 debut, “Prep.” ...

THE much-acclaimed author of Romantic Comedy (our 2023 book  of the year, no less!) is back with a collection of 11 sharp, ...

Curtis Sittenfeld’s last novel was the bestselling “Romantic Comedy.” That partly ironic title could could apply to the “Eligible” and “American Wife” writer’s new collection, “Show Don’t Tell.” The ...

Bestselling “Prep” and “Romantic Comedy” author Curtis Sittenfeld dwells in the comically awkward. In her utterly diverting collection of 12 short stories, “Show Don’t Tell,” she ...