For her latest collection of short stories, Kali White VanBaale bolts out of the gates with the attention-grabbing, slice-of-life “Hyatt and the Arch.” She doesn’t slow her literary gait until the final page of the final piece, “Hyatt Pune.” Between these two offerings is a wealth of storytelling, enriched by the interplay and shared context […]
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Book Review: ‘The Monsters We Make’ by Kali White
I grew up in the era of stranger danger. I was a generally anxious child even on my best days, a veritable nightmare on my worst; my family loves to tell the story of my weeping refusal to approach Santa Claus at a school event, unable to recognize the costumed man as my own father.

