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- Comment: I will give a barnstar to anyone who can find a human who has used the phrase "review coverage" in an article prior to November 2022 —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 21:46, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
Grey Wolfe LaJoie | |
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| Education | University of Alabama (MFA) |
| Notable works | Little Ones (2024) |
| Notable awards | O. Henry Prize (2023) Pushcart Prize (2024) |
Grey Wolfe LaJoie is an American writer from Western North Carolina.[1][2] LaJoie holds an MFA from the University of Alabama.[2] They have worked for Auburn University's Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project.[1]
LaJoie's debut short story collection, Little Ones, was published by Hub City Press in 2024.[2][3] The book collects 21 short stories along with illustrations and graphic pieces.[3][4] Several stories are narrated by animals, including a road-killed raccoon in "Frank".[5][3] Others use non-narrative forms: "Questions" is written as a questionnaire and "Wiki" as a Wikipedia entry.[3]
It was reviewed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Shelf Awareness, Appalachian Journal, and Southern Review of Books.[2][3][5][4] Writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Leah Tyler described the book as an experimental debut centered on animals, children, and other figures that life has passed over.[2] In Appalachian Journal, the novelist Mesha Maren compared the stories to 1980s American literary minimalism and to the fiction of Bobbie Ann Mason and Frederick Barthelme.[4] Publishers Weekly included the collection in a feature on notable fall 2024 books from independent presses.[6]
Fiction from Little Ones received a 2023 O. Henry Prize and a 2024 Pushcart Prize.[7][5][4]
Works
- Little Ones. Hub City Press, 2024. ISBN 9798885740395.
Awards and honors
References
- Lewis, Abby N. (October 16, 2024). "Eyes in the Shadows". Chapter 16.
- Tyler, Leah (October 15, 2024). "'Little Ones' a story collection about people who relate to animals more than humans". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- "Little Ones". Shelf Awareness. October 21, 2024.
- Maren, Mesha (2025). "Review of Little Ones". Appalachian Journal. 52 (4): 468–469. doi:10.1353/apl.2025.a965987.
- Sides, Bradley (October 14, 2024). "'Little Ones' Blurs Lines Between Graphic Narratives and Prose". Southern Review of Books.
- "The Big Indie Books of Fall 2024". Publishers Weekly. August 16, 2024.
- "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction". Literary Hub. April 24, 2023.
External links
Category:Living people Category:American short story writers Category:University of Alabama alumni Category:Writers from North Carolina Category:O. Henry Award winners Category:21st-century American writers