The Office of Historical Corrections

Winner of the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, The Office of Historical Corrections is a smart yet searing collection of stories about race, grief, and the historical implications about what is right. This collection contains six stories and a novella.

“Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain” is about a photographer who is forced to examine personal losses while attending the wedding of an old friend.

The best of the collection is the titular novella “The Office of Historical Corrections,” a powerful story about an employee who works for a government agency that corrects historical inaccuracies and the delicate friendship she has with a rogue coworker who was also a childhood frenemy.

Great collection of stories.