Each story in White Cat, Black Dog is explicitly linked to a specific fairy tale. Link’s affinity for fairy tales is partly thematic—her work is full of such magical motifs as talking animals ...

In her newest short story collection, “White Cat, Black Dog,” Kelly Link draws inspiration from a variety of fairy-tales to blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy.

Kelly Link is something of a short-story sorceress. The 2018 MacArthur fellow refuses rules, subverts conventions and, in so doing, delivers unpredictable adventure. “White Cat, Black Dog ...

The pot-growing cat is one of the title characters of White Cat, Black Dog, Link’s latest collection of short stories.It’s the fifth anthology Link has published since she put out her debut ...

In her latest, “White Cat, Black Dog,” Link turns her eye to fairy tales, reimagining old stories in a way that’s startlingly new. It’s a stunning collection, filled with her signature wit ...

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White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link. Random House, $27 (272p) ISBN 978-0-593-44995-0. Link (Get in Trouble) refashions classic fairy tales, myths, and adventure sagas for contemporary settings in her ...

Kelly Link’s updated fairy tales in the collection “White Cat, Black Dog” are for mature readers, adults or otherwise, but what else can we say about them?

In Northampton with Kelly Link and her community of like-minded writers. Since 2001, Link has published four books of short stories, with the fifth — “White Cat, Black Dog,” a series of ...