I’m trying to get started on the Bradbury Challenge, where you read a poem, an essay, and a short story every day. Right now the biggest challenge is just finding engaging texts, especially when it comes to poetry. I find myself just going back to “the classics” like Shakesspeare, Robert Frost, C. S. Lewis and so on. I’d like to broaden my horizons.
Mariana Enríquez writes really great short stories. La Casa de Adela in particular is stunning.
I like the poems of Eugen Roth, but I don’t knoe if there are any good English translations. For short stories I can recommend Umberto Eco. “How To Travel With A Salmon: and Other Essays” is my favorite.
Liu Cixin is my favorite SiFi author, Chinese or otherwise, and he has a collection of Short stories called “The Wandering Earth” that I would highly recommend!
The Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem. Haven’t read it since I was a kid, but remember it was awesome.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, personal favorite
I like the Phillip K Dick stories that I’ve read. I should grab a collection myself.
Jorge Luis Borges.
