I don't often pick up short story collections but I am glad I picked this one up. I have been reading a story each day throughout the month and finished it up this morning. The types of stories in this collection vary drastically in content and style and it took me a while to be able to read the dialect at my usual reading pace but there were certainly some standouts here including 'Hurricane' and 'Sweat.' I also loved the slang dictionary she created to go along with her stories. It made me think a lot about linguistics and how certain languages can be seen as less-than or nonsensical but there are rules whether people want to see it or not.